Entries by Erin Hill-Oban

ADA News: ADA, others "concerned" about tobacco products

By Jennifer Garvin, American Dental Association News Silver Spring, Md. — The ADA and 35 other health organizations have asked the Food and Drug Administration to be more diligent about requiring tobacco companies to obtain approval before introducing new tobacco products to market. In a Feb. 26 letter to Mitchell Zeller, director, Center for Tobacco […]

U.S. News/HealthDay: Graphic Cigarette Warnings May Target Brain's 'Quit Centers'

By Robert Preidt, HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Feb. 26, 2016 (HealthDay News) — Disturbing images on cigarette pack warning labels activate brain regions crucial in quitting smoking, a new study suggests. “Regulators can and should use this research to craft more effective warning labels and messages to smokers that both deliver facts about the negative effects […]

Duluth News Tribune: Training targets high tobacco use among addicts, mentally ill

By John Lundy If someone is dealing with other addictions or mental health issues, it’s not the time to ask them to stop smoking. Right? Wrong, says an addictions psychiatrist from New Jersey who’s in Duluth to help lead a two-day training seminar on helping individuals with special challenges overcome tobacco use. “The newer research […]

Today Show: Video: E-cigarette explodes in pocket, man left with second-degree burns

A frightening explosion of an e-cigarette in a Kentucky man’s pocket was caught on camera in a convenience store. The man was hospitalized Tuesday with second-degree burns after the battery in his electronic cigarette exploded in his pants pocket. To see the video: http://www.today.com/video/video-e-cigarette-explodes-in-pocket-man-left-with-second-degree-burns-631071811975

Medical News Today: E-cigarettes impair immune responses more than tobacco

Written by Yvette Brazier As evidence emerges that e-cigarettes are not as safe as advertisers claim, a new study shows that flavorings classed as “Generally Recognized as Safe” by the US Food and Drug Administration are best avoided in smoking. The findings are presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting […]

WDAZ: Devils Lake landlord honored for going tobacco-free

By Kelsie McMahon DEVILS LAKE, ND (WDAZ-TV) – The secondhand smoke from even one tenant smoking indoors can cause health problems for people in multiple other units. In North Dakota it is legal to smoke inside an apartment, but one landlord is making a difference in Devils Lake. Dan Lagein, Lagein Apartments owner: “Probably over […]

Duluth Budgeteer News: Bus in Minnesota advertises tobacco… for a purpose

By Duluth Budgeteer News If you are downtown or near a Duluth Transit Authority Bus route, you might see a colorful bus advertising a soda drink. Or you may see a bus with larger-than-life television news personalities plastered on its side. And now you might see a DTA bus advertising tobacco. But it’s not pushing everyday […]

KFYR-TV: ND Gets 'F' Grade for Tobacco Taxes on State of Tobacco Control Report

By: Amanda Skrzypchak, KFYR-TV When it comes to taxes on tobacco North Dakota gets an F from the American Lung Association. Released in it’s annual State of Tobacco Control Report Wednesday, North Dakota’s overall grades didn’t change from last year. The report shows the state received A’s for smoke free air, as well as prevention […]

Bismarck Tribune: Study links chemical in e-cigs to lung cancer

BLAIR EMERSON Bismarck Tribune A new study found e-cigarettes may not be a safer alternative to smoking tobacco. Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health recently published the results of a study that found popular e-cigarette flavors contain diacetyl, a chemical linked to a severe lung disease. “This latest study … is yet another reminder […]