A smoking machine in the author’s lab. Smoking by a machine is not the same as smoking by a person, the author and others have found.
Katie DiFrancesco
Vaping is under heavy scrutiny in the wake of six deaths and hundreds of illnesses. A product engineer who studies how people puff explains why the way users vape could be a clue.
As organs go, lungs do not receive a lot of attention, and diseases associated with them, such as lung cancer, historically have been underfunded. Here’s a look at how your amazing lungs function.
Studies have suggested that teens’ perception of risk in these products is influenced by flavor.
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Leah Ranney, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
E-cigarette usage among teens has surged. A tobacco control expert explains how flavors may be contributing.
This ad featuring then-actor Ronald Reagan is an example of industry advertising that made smoking so popular.
University of California San Francisco Tobacco Archives
Smoking rates are at their lowest, but it has been a long and expensive struggle. Promoters of cigarette smoking have included not only tobacco companies but advertisers and even the US government.
Anti-smoking ads such as this one can help curb smoking, but studies are suggesting that raising the tax on cigarettes may be most effective to help deter poor people.
California Department of Public Health
Lung Cancer Awareness Month starts today, but observance of it often slips under the radar, in part because there are so few survivors. Here’s how the biggest cancer killer could actually be halted.
A woman exhaling after taking a hit from a Juul.
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Some experts believe that e-cigarettes can help people stop smoking cigarettes. But do they lead others, especially teens, to start? The question intensifies as teens take up Juul.