By Amy R. Sisk, Bismarck Tribune Although tobacco use is down among North Dakota’s teenagers, nearly double the number of youngsters are using e-cigarettes, according to a survey of students. The 2015 Youth Risk Behavior Survey shows that 12 percent of high school students statewide reported smoking at least once in the month before the survey. […]
Almost 4 percent of all adult Americans use them, new survey shows WebMD News from HealthDay By Alan Mozes, HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Oct. 28, 2015 (HealthDay News) — In a first-of-its-kind look at electronic cigarettes, a new U.S. government study reports that nearly 13 percent of American adults have tried e-cigarettes at least once and almost […]
Harriet Baskas, Special for USA TODAY Under a new federal rule announced Monday by the Department of Transportation, airline passengers and crewmembers will no longer be able to pack battery-powered portable electronic smoking devices such as e-cigarettes, e-cigars, e-pipes, personal vaporizers and any sort of electronic nicotine delivery system, in checked luggage. “We know from […]
A majority of Americans say electronic cigarettes should be regulated by the Food and Drug Administration the same way the agency handles cigarettes containing tobacco, according to results from the latest NPR-Truven Health Analytics Health Poll. Overall, 57 percent of people said the FDA should regulate e-cigarettes like tobacco products. The proportion of people in […]
Melissa Healy, Contact Reporter A majority of adolescents who are puffing, vaping or chewing a tobacco product for the first time prefer one with flavor, suggesting that fruity, tangy, spicy or minty flavorings add a powerful allure to the uninitiated. In a nationwide survey of U.S. children ages 12 to 17, the Food and Drug Administration’s Center […]
By Jen Christensen and Joseph Netto (CNN) Most people who smoke started in their teens. While the number of kids trying tobacco for the first time has declined since the 1970s, there are still new smokers every year and kids’ doctors want to do something about it. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) came out with […]
By Chizimuzo Okoli, Contributing columnist, Lexington Herald-Leader People diagnosed with chronic mental illness will die an average of 10 years earlier than those without mental illness. A number of social and biological factors contribute to early mortality, but 40 percent of people with a mental health condition also practice one of the most preventable health risk […]
By Lydia Wheeler The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has sent its final rule to regulate additional tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes and cigars, for White House review. The rule, which was first proposed more than a year ago, was sent to the White House Office of Management and Budget’s Office of Information and Regulatory […]
By Jenni Bergal, Stateline | Pew Charitable Trust While a growing number of states have turned their attention to marijuana legalization, another proposal has been quietly catching fire among some legislators—raising the legal age to buy cigarettes. This summer, Hawaii became the first state to approve increasing the smoking age from 18 to 21 starting […]
CJ Arlotta , Contributor – Forbes| Pharma & Healthcare Turn on the television at any point of the day to find anti-smoking commercials sprinkled throughout a sports game or nightly sitcom. As many organizations and levels of government focus efforts on eliminating tobacco use from the general population, one sub-population in particular continues to be ignored: individuals addicted to […]