Adolescents who smoke or vape may believe tobacco’s perceived coping benefits outweigh accepted health risks

Public health messaging focused solely on the health risks related to using tobacco products misses the mark with some teens.

Lesia M. Ruglass, Associate Professor of Psychology, City College of New York • conversation
June 12, 2025 ~7 min

As heated tobacco products reenter the US market, evidence on their safety remains sparse – new study

Tobacco companies say that heated tobacco products have fewer health risks than cigarettes, but there is little clear data to support that claim.

Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Assistant Professor of Health Promotion and Policy, UMass Amherst • conversation
May 1, 2025 ~6 min


Tobacco’s hidden friendly side: how the controversial plant could be used for good

Can we turn a global killer into a global healer?

Cathy Moore, Senior Lecturer in Life Sciences, University of Westminster • conversation
March 13, 2025 ~7 min

FDA authorized the sale of menthol-flavored e-cigarettes – a health policy expert explains how the benefits may outweigh the risks

It’s a conundrum: While vaping can help some adults stop cigarette smoking, it also appeals to young people who may take up the habit.

Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Assistant Professor of Health Promotion and Policy, UMass Amherst, UMass Amherst • conversation
June 25, 2024 ~7 min

High schoolers who use cannabis & tobacco get lower grades

High school students who use both cannabis and tobacco are absent more often and get lower grades, researchers report.

Lisa Howard-UC Davis • futurity
March 15, 2024 ~7 min

Hundreds of thousands of US infants every year pay the consequences of prenatal exposure to drugs, a growing crisis particularly in rural America

Many people wrongly assume that cannabis use during pregnancy is safe. Research is increasingly documenting a host of serious health harms from prenatal exposure to cannabis and other substances.

Amna Umer, Associate Professor of Pediatric Epidemiology, West Virginia University • conversation
Feb. 27, 2024 ~9 min

When science showed in the 1970s that gas stoves produced harmful indoor air pollution, the industry reached for tobacco's PR playbook

The natural gas industry has spent years trying to undermine scientific findings about gas stoves and health. If this sounds familiar, that’s no accident.

Jonathan Levy, Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental Health, Boston University • conversation
Nov. 3, 2023 ~8 min

Flavored vape restrictions lead to higher cigarette sales

Restrictions on flavored e-cigarettes may push young people to smoke regular cigarettes, a much more dangerous product, researchers say.

Yale • futurity
Oct. 19, 2023 ~8 min


Vaping may increase asthma risk for young users

Vaping increases the risk of asthma in young people who have never smoked conventional tobacco products, a new study suggests.

Rae Lynn Mitchell-Texas A&M • futurity
Sept. 21, 2023 ~5 min

Many people think cannabis smoke is harmless − a physician explains how that belief can put people at risk

Clinical trials have demonstrated the health benefits of cannabis for certain conditions, but many aren’t testing smoked or vaped forms. Research on cannabis smoke is raising concerns.

Beth Cohen, Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco • conversation
Aug. 30, 2023 ~6 min

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