A 95% reduction in the nicotine content of cigars and cigarettes would make these tobacco products largely nonaddictive.
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The proposed standard would lower the nicotine content in cigarettes and cigars by 95% – a public health proposal that could prevent millions from becoming smokers in the first place.
Modelling studies estimate the smokefree generation policy could halve smoking prevalence within 14 years among people aged 45 and younger and achieve a more than a five-fold health gain for Māori.
From 2021, it will be harder to import e-cigarettes. That protects young people, in particular, who are increasingly being lured into nicotine and tobacco addiction.
A vape shop in New York City shows a line of flavorings on Jan. 2, 2020.
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Weihong Lin, University of Maryland, Baltimore County dan Rakaia Kenney, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
The FDA has banned flavored e-cigarettes that appeal to kids. But new research shows that the danger of flavors could go beyond their appeal to kids. The flavorings themselves could cause damage.
Smoking is the number one cause of preventable death in the U.S., and most smokers say they want to quit.
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Concerns about e-cigarettes are growing, with the AMA calling for a ban. With the Great American Smokeout on Nov. 21, it’s worth asking: What do smokers think?
Leah Ranney, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
It’s not just that e-cigarettes have fruity, fun-evoking flavors added to them. There’s danger in the mere fact that the flavors lead kids to dismiss risk.
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.
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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.
A man exhales after vaping Aug. 28, 2019 in Portland, Maine.
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Ilona Jaspers, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
As vaping-related illnesses increase and deaths reported, an inhalation toxicologist explains why comparing the dangers of vaping to the dangers from cigarettes doesn’t make sense.
Paying people to quit smoking seems unfair, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t do it.
The latest statistics show smoking’s legacy when it comes to preventable deaths from cardiovascular diseases like heart attack and stroke.
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Smoking-related cardiovascular disease like heart attack and stroke results in 11,400 people being sent to hospital and 6,400 people dying in Australia each year, new research shows.
Cigarettes have been known for years to cause many diseases. Tobacco companies now have to pay $9 billion each year to help states pay for the costs of treatment to people they sickened.
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Charles Betley, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
April 15 is not only a day to pay individual taxes to the IRS. It is also the day that tobacco companies must pay a penalty to help offset states’ costs for the treatment of tobacco-related diseases.
Staying on track with exercise goals can be hard without a plan to deal with stressors that get in the way.
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Behavior change is very hard. Try as we might to keep those New Year’s resolutions, many have given up by this time. Here are some ways to keep going and stay on track, from a counseling psychologist.