Vaping risks, and even deaths, are in the news. Here's a tobacco dependence expert's take on the issue.
"Targeting the tobacco retail environment is rapidly emerging as the next frontier in tobacco control."
One draw from a hookah waterpipe can contain as many noxious substances as smoke from an entire cigarette, research shows.
"Marketing language that obscures these health harms, even indirectly through questionable pro-environment claims, ought to be prohibited."
A new program gives people getting cancer treatment a chance to stop smoking and improve their health.
Laws banning the sale of e-cigarettes to teenagers may cut the chance that pregnant teens quit smoking actual cigarettes.
"It makes no sense to keep deadly smoked tobacco products on store shelves but say that vaping products must be taken off."
In a new study, 60 percent of electronic cigarette users say they want to quit and many have already tried or plan to stop soon.
New research indicates that apps, in this case a mindfulness app, can deliver evidence-based treatment affordably and accessibly.
Psychiatrists often disregard their patients' smoking. Online training for psychiatry residents could change that.
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