The right amount of e-cigarette nicotine may cut smoking

E-cigarettes that deliver a cigarette-like amount of nicotine are associated with reduced smoking and reduced exposure to carcinogens in tobacco.

Barbara Schindo-Penn State • futurity
April 23, 2021 ~7 min

COVID stress, boredom led some people to smoke more

Stress and boredom may have led to an increase in daily cigarette use among some smokers in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, a survey finds.

Zachary Sweger-Penn State • futurity
April 12, 2021 ~5 min


People who vape are more likely to report mental fog

People who vape are more likely to say they experience mental fog. Does vaping cause the cognitive problem, or are they self-medicating?

Susanne Pallo-Rochester • futurity
Dec. 29, 2020 ~5 min

Even light smokers could be addicted

Even people who consider themselves casual or light smokers may be addicted to nicotine, researchers say.

Sara LaJeunesse-Penn State • futurity
Dec. 24, 2020 ~5 min

Is cadmium a factor in flu, pneumonia, COVID death rates?

New research suggests a link between cadmium exposure and deaths from influenza, pneumonia, and possibly COVID-19.

Nardy Baeza Bickel-Michigan • futurity
Dec. 17, 2020 ~7 min

Coming out as bisexual linked to smoking risk

People may be particularly vulnerable to smoking around the time they come out as bisexual, research finds.

Michelle Samuels-Boston U. • futurity
Nov. 9, 2020 ~6 min

Residue reveals plants Native Americans smoked 1,500 years ago

A new study examines ancient pipe residue to figure out what people in America were smoking before and after European colonization.

U. Chicago • futurity
Sept. 29, 2020 ~6 min

80% of docs mistakenly blame nicotine for smoking risks

Although nicotine's primary risk is addiction to tobacco, 83% of doctors strongly believe it directly contributes to heart disease, a new survey finds.

Maud Alobawone-Rutgers • futurity
Sept. 10, 2020 ~5 min


Therapy combo helps people in prison quit smoking

Combining behavioral and nicotine replacement therapies can help people in prison quit smoking, a new study shows.

Patti Verbanas-Rutgers • futurity
July 30, 2020 ~4 min

Lung size ‘mismatch’ may explain COPD in non-smokers

New findings may explain why some non-smokers get COPD while some heavy smokers don't.

Fabienne Landry-McGill • futurity
June 10, 2020 ~6 min

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