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Vitamin C supplementation for pregnant smokers may reduce harm to infants’ lungs

Vitamin C may reduce the harm done to lungs in infants born to mothers who smoke during their pregnancy, according to a randomized, controlled trial published online in the American Thoracic Society’s American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

11 Dec 2018

Graphic warning labels cancel out cigarettes' appeal to young people

New research from Cornell University suggests graphic warning labels on cigarette ads have the same anti-smoking effect as similar warning labels on cigarette packs.

10 Dec 2018

Bacterial infections may contribute to far more cancers than previously thought, shows study

The Institute of Human Virology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine announced today the discovery that DnaK, a protein of the bacterium mycoplasma, interferes with the mycoplasma-infected cell's ability to respond to and repair DNA damage, a known origin of cancer.

5 Dec 2018

CEASE intervention enhances delivery of smoking cessation assistance for breastfeeding mothers

A study led by MassGeneral Hospital for Children researchers demonstrates that an MGHfC-developed program designed to help the parents of pediatric patients quit smoking can increase the provision of such assistance to breastfeeding mothers.

5 Dec 2018

Retailers in low-income communities sell most risky alternative tobacco products

Retailers in minority and low-income communities are more likely to sell and advertise the most inexpensive and risky alternative tobacco products, according to a new study conducted at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.

3 Dec 2018

Boys with social difficulties are at greatest risk of early substance use

Boys who enter sixth-grade with co-occurring social skills, anxiety, learning and conduct problems are at the greatest risk of developing aggressive behavior and using tobacco, alcohol and marijuana by the end of eighth grade, a new study found.

3 Dec 2018

Bacteria in babies' noses could offer clues to recovery from first cough or cold

New research on the types of bacteria living in babies' noses could offer clues as to why some recover quickly from their first cough or cold, while others suffer for longer.

3 Dec 2018

Brain imaging study reveals 'hot spot' for cue-reactivity in substance users

When patients with dependence on alcohol, cocaine or nicotine are shown drug cues, or images related to the substance, an area of their brain known as the medial prefrontal cortex shows increased activity, report investigators at the Medical University of South Carolina in an article published online September 7, 2018 in Translational Psychiatry.

21 Nov 2018

Study finds no differences in quit rates for 'dual users' of both traditional and electronic cigarettes

People who vape and smoke cigarettes are no more likely to drop the nicotine habit than those who just smoke, a new study suggests.

21 Nov 2018

Smokers at greater risk of schizophrenia and psychotic disorders

A team of researchers from University of Queensland have found that tobacco use is associated with an increased risk of psychotic disorders including schizophrenia.

21 Nov 2018

Study evaluates second-hand marijuana smoke exposure among children

In a study designed to evaluate second-hand marijuana smoke exposure among children--a topic that scientists have not yet widely addressed--researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai found that nearly half of children whose parents smoked marijuana showed evidence of second-hand marijuana smoke exposure.

20 Nov 2018

Adolescents increasingly choose marijuana over cigarettes, alcohol

The "gateway pattern" of adolescent substance use is changing, and marijuana is increasingly the first substance in the sequence of adolescent drug use, according researchers at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.

19 Nov 2018

FDA announces new actions to limit sale of e-cigarettes to youth

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center applauds new actions announced today by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to limit the sale of most flavored electronic cigarettes to age-restricted locations and require age-verification for online sales to lower the use of these products in children.

16 Nov 2018

Teens more likely to pick up smoking after exposure from friends and family

Teenagers whose mothers smoked during pregnancy, or whose parents or friends smoke, are more likely to smoke themselves.

15 Nov 2018

Epigenetic link found between prenatal exposure to maternal smoking and offspring's cardio-metabolic health

According to new research, epigenetic changes found in the offspring exposed to maternal smoking during pregnancy or in current smokers are linked to smoking-related diseases in adulthood.

13 Nov 2018

Listen: Teen vaping sparks FDA crackdown

Federal regulators want to ban the sale of most flavored e-cigarettes at retail locations like gas stations and convenience stores.

9 Nov 2018

Smoking rates go down in the US, lowest since 1965

According to the latest report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institute of Health's National Cancer Institute (NCI), released yesterday (8th November 2018), cigarette smoking is at its lowest in the United States since 1965.

8 Nov 2018

Cigarette News and Research

Vitamin C supplementation for pregnant smokers may reduce harm to infants’ lungs

Graphic warning labels cancel out cigarettes' appeal to young people

Bacterial infections may contribute to far more cancers than previously thought, shows study

CEASE intervention enhances delivery of smoking cessation assistance for breastfeeding mothers

Retailers in low-income communities sell most risky alternative tobacco products

Boys with social difficulties are at greatest risk of early substance use

Bacteria in babies' noses could offer clues to recovery from first cough or cold

Brain imaging study reveals 'hot spot' for cue-reactivity in substance users

Study finds no differences in quit rates for 'dual users' of both traditional and electronic cigarettes

Smokers at greater risk of schizophrenia and psychotic disorders

Study evaluates second-hand marijuana smoke exposure among children

Adolescents increasingly choose marijuana over cigarettes, alcohol

FDA announces new actions to limit sale of e-cigarettes to youth

Teens more likely to pick up smoking after exposure from friends and family

Epigenetic link found between prenatal exposure to maternal smoking and offspring's cardio-metabolic health

Listen: Teen vaping sparks FDA crackdown

Smoking rates go down in the US, lowest since 1965

Soda industry steals page from tobacco to combat taxes on sugary drinks

Tobacco tax battle could torch Montana Medicaid expansion

Study: Individuals with serious psychological distress less likely to quit smoking

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