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Including testimonials, images of diseased body parts enhances effectiveness of pictorial warning labels on cigarette packs

At least 120 countries around the world require pictorial warning labels on cigarette packages--for example, gangrene feet or a dead body--but the United States is notably missing from the list.

26 Oct 2018

Lead accumulation in shin bone linked to treatment-resistant hypertension

A study has found that treatment-resistant hypertension may be associated with low-level accumulation of lead in the shin bone of men.

24 Oct 2018

Flavored capsule cigarettes may undermine smokefree goals

New research from ASPIRE2025, a University of Otago research theme, challenges tobacco companies' claims they are working towards a smoke-free world and suggests young people are vulnerable to tobacco companies' product innovations.

24 Oct 2018

Study reveals impact of Juul use on teenagers and young adults

Teens and young adults who use Juul brand e-cigarettes are failing to recognize the product's addictive potential, despite using it more often than their peers who smoke conventional cigarettes, according to a new study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.

19 Oct 2018

Father’s exposure to nicotine may cause cognitive deficits in descendants

A father’s exposure to nicotine may cause cognitive deficits in his children and even grandchildren, according to a study in mice publishing on October 16 in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Pradeep Bhide of Florida State University in Tallahassee and colleagues.

19 Oct 2018

Leading hip-hop videos depict use of tobacco and marijuana products, study finds

Over the past decade, hip-hop music has become a world-wide phenomenon and, in 2017, surpassed rock as the biggest music genre in the United States.

16 Oct 2018

Health effects of smoke-filled atmosphere

Every day, every human on the planet is exposed to one of the most toxic substances we know. However, it's largely invisible and most people don't know whether they need to worry. In new book Particles in the Air, Doug Brugge aims to raise awareness of serious consequences for public health.

16 Oct 2018

Tobacco heating products cause less staining to teeth than conventional cigarettes

A study by scientists at British American Tobacco has shown that e-cigarettes and tobacco heating products cause significantly less staining to teeth than conventional cigarettes.

15 Oct 2018

Canadian smokers support novel policies to reduce tobacco use

Most Canadian smokers are in favor of novel policies to reduce tobacco use, according to a national survey by the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project (ITC) at the University of Waterloo.

12 Oct 2018

Flavoring, additive ingredients in e-cigarettes may increase inflammation and impair lung function

Flavoring and additive ingredients in e-cigarettes may increase inflammation and impair lung function, according to new research.

11 Oct 2018

Research: Greater use of e-cigarettes has potential to help people give up smoking

"Ongoing nervousness" about the use of e-cigarettes in stop-smoking services can be a "significant" barrier to people finding support, research revealed during "Stoptober" shows.

11 Oct 2018

Lung cancer mortality rates are 28% lower in California

Early adoption of tobacco control efforts in California lead to fewer people ever smoking, reduced the amount used by those who do smoke and helped smokers quit at a younger age -- when their risk of developing lung cancer is lowest.

11 Oct 2018

Tobacco control must be highest priority in national cancer control plan, says report

The highest priority in a national cancer control plan must be expansion of tobacco control--the intervention with the largest potential health benefits--according to a new American Cancer Society report, the second in a series of articles that together inform priorities for a comprehensive cancer control plan.

11 Oct 2018

Cigarette News and Research

Including testimonials, images of diseased body parts enhances effectiveness of pictorial warning labels on cigarette packs

Lead accumulation in shin bone linked to treatment-resistant hypertension

Flavored capsule cigarettes may undermine smokefree goals

Study reveals impact of Juul use on teenagers and young adults

Father’s exposure to nicotine may cause cognitive deficits in descendants

Leading hip-hop videos depict use of tobacco and marijuana products, study finds

Health effects of smoke-filled atmosphere

Tobacco heating products cause less staining to teeth than conventional cigarettes

Canadian smokers support novel policies to reduce tobacco use

Flavoring, additive ingredients in e-cigarettes may increase inflammation and impair lung function

Research: Greater use of e-cigarettes has potential to help people give up smoking

Lung cancer mortality rates are 28% lower in California

Tobacco control must be highest priority in national cancer control plan, says report

New report provides overview of cancer risk among U.S. Hispanics/Latinos

Podcast: KHN’s ‘What the Health?’ Some things old, some things new

Study: Federal Agencies underestimate e-cigarette explosion and burn injuries

Natural compound found in grapes may protect against cancer

Study: Treating e-cigarettes like cigarettes could lead to misguided research and policy initiatives

Adolescent marijuana users have used the drug in more than one form, research shows

Eat, toke or vape: Teens not too picky when it comes to pot’s potpourri

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The role of UV-Vis in biopharma QC

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