https://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes), widely marketed as a safer alternative to traditional cigarettes, are now hooking younger generations. World Health Organization data from 2025 show that at least 15 million adolescents aged 13–15 now vape. As colorful, fruit-flavored devices become a new social norm on playgrounds and campuses, we must rethink whether they are truly harmless as advertised. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-01-vaping-zebrafish-cigarette-exposure-disrupts.html Thu, 29 Jan 2026 12:28:39 EST news688912082 A new major study from Queen Mary University of London has found that smokers who use both cigarettes and e-cigarettes at the same time—known as dual use—are reducing their intake of harmful chemicals and are also more likely to eventually quit smoking than those who continue to smoke only. This challenges common fears about dual use. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-dual-cigarettes-vapes-smokers.html Wed, 10 Dec 2025 06:10:46 EST news684569401 Exposing children to e-cigarettes compromises their human rights. These products should be regulated in a way that puts children's best interests first and protects them from the harms associated with nicotine consumption in all its forms, argue experts in The BMJ. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-11-opinion-cigarettes-compromise-children-human.html Wed, 12 Nov 2025 18:30:04 EST news682185088 A study by University of California, Riverside, scientists has found that two toxic chemicals can form when the main ingredient in most e-cigarette fluids is heated, and that these compounds can harm human lung cells. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-10-hidden-toxins-cigarette-fluids-lung.html Thu, 23 Oct 2025 17:08:05 EDT news680458082 E-cigarettes are fueling an "alarming" new wave of nicotine addiction, with millions of children now hooked on vaping, the World Health Organization warned Monday. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-10-surging-children-cigarettes.html Mon, 06 Oct 2025 11:50:02 EDT news678968827 People who use e-cigarettes, cigarettes or both face an increased risk for developing diabetes, according to University of Georgia research published in AJPM Focus. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-09-vaping-diabetes.html Mon, 15 Sep 2025 15:06:25 EDT news677167577 A study in Health Economics reveals that comprehensive state bans on flavored e-cigarettes may reduce vaping among young adults, but they can also lead to increased use of traditional cigarettes. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-09-state-flavored-cigarettes-inadvertently-traditional.html Wed, 03 Sep 2025 03:00:04 EDT news676042926 Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University and Boston University Chobanian, Avedisian School of Medicine-led researchers report that e-cigarettes labeled "clear" produced greater acute increases in blood pressure and heart rate than non "clear" flavored products or nonuse, and that "clear" e-liquids contained synthetic cooling agents alongside menthol and other flavorants. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-08-cigarettes-linked-greater-acute-blood.html Mon, 18 Aug 2025 09:30:01 EDT news674726931 A new study by investigators from Mass General Brigham examined the effects of policies banning flavored e-cigarettes on adults and young people. Investigators found that e-cigarette use significantly declined among young adults and adults in states that had enacted flavor bans relative to states that did not. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-07-flavor-youth-vaping-decline-cigarette.html Wed, 30 Jul 2025 11:00:10 EDT news673074047 UK teens who currently vape are as likely to take up smoking as their peers in the 1970s, despite a substantial fall in the prevalence of teenage smoking over the past 50 years, suggests a long-term intergenerational study published online in the journal Tobacco Control. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-07-uk-teens-vape-peers-1970s.html Tue, 29 Jul 2025 18:30:01 EDT news672910562 Adolescents who use either e-cigarettes or conventional tobacco products (CTP)—like cigarettes, cigars, hookah and pipes—are significantly more likely to report symptoms of depression and anxiety than teens who don't use tobacco products at all, according to a study published in PLOS Mental Health by Noor Abdulhay of West Virginia University, U.S., and colleagues. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-07-adolescent-tobacco-cigarette-depression-anxiety.html Wed, 23 Jul 2025 15:08:39 EDT news672502114 A new study led by Georgia State University researchers has found that more than 84% of youth and young adults who use e-cigarettes have modified their device, often in potentially dangerous ways. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-07-highlights-potentially-dangerous-cigarette-modifications.html Tue, 22 Jul 2025 13:40:01 EDT news672409560 In utero exposure to two liquid ingredients in e-cigarettes—minus the nicotine that drives addiction—can alter skull shape during fetal development, a new study in mice has found. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-07-fetal-exposure-vape-liquids-linked.html Wed, 16 Jul 2025 16:18:07 EDT news671901479 Young people with friends who vape are 15 times more likely to use e-cigarettes, and more adolescents are turning to illicit cannabis products, University of Queensland research has found. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-07-peer-youth-vaping-epidemic.html Wed, 02 Jul 2025 09:30:59 EDT news670667453 Brightly colored, inexpensive and disposable electronic cigarettes and vapes continue to gain popularity. These devices turn flavored nicotine-containing liquid into a vapor that people inhale over hundreds or thousands of puffs—commonly called vaping. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-06-disposable-vapes-higher-amounts-toxic.html Wed, 25 Jun 2025 08:00:01 EDT news669974207 Teens who see social media posts showing cannabis or e-cigarettes, including from friends and influencers, are more likely to later start using those substances or to report using them in the past month, according to surveys done by researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-06-cigarette-cannabis-social-media-pose.html Tue, 24 Jun 2025 11:00:05 EDT news669975362 College students are more likely to vape if their friends frequently talk about electronic cigarettes, according to a new study from The University of Texas at Arlington. The effect is particularly strong in tight-knit friend groups, where regular conversations about vaping are linked to more consistent use. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-06-college-vaping-linked-social-discussions.html Thu, 12 Jun 2025 11:30:04 EDT news668946602 Electronic-cigarette warnings are effective in discouraging vaping, with warnings specific to health harms being generally more effective than warnings about e-cigarette addiction, according to a meta-analysis of 24 studies conducted by University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers and their colleagues. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-06-cigarette-vaping-intentions-meta-analysis.html Mon, 02 Jun 2025 11:00:06 EDT news668071927 In February this year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized nearly 2 million units of unauthorized electronic cigarette products in Chicago. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-05-fda-border-seize-vast-quantity.html Thu, 22 May 2025 16:57:03 EDT news667151822 The nicotine industry is constantly innovating, delivering new products to the market—and that keeps public health researchers busy as they work to understand the implications of each new offering. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-05-young-males-prior-cigarette-users.html Mon, 12 May 2025 14:33:01 EDT news666279177 University of Southern California and University of Michigan researchers report expanded use of non-tobacco nicotine products among U.S. adolescents. While exclusive e-cigarette use has declined, dual use of nicotine pouches and e-cigarettes has risen. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-05-shifting-nicotine-product-high-school.html Tue, 06 May 2025 06:50:01 EDT news665726634 A Johns Hopkins Medicine-led analysis of medical information gathered on a diverse group of almost 250,000 people over four years has significantly clarified the link between the "exclusive" use of e-cigarettes and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), as well as high blood pressure in a sub-group of adults 30 to 70 years of age. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-04-analysis-underscores-health-cigarettes.html Tue, 15 Apr 2025 11:41:04 EDT news663936062 A new study has found that young vapers in the United States who begin using e-cigarettes after graduating from secondary/high school are likely to progress rapidly to frequent use. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-04-older-teens-vaping-high-school.html Thu, 03 Apr 2025 03:10:01 EDT news662802961 The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday that health authorities acted properly when they blocked e-cigarette companies from marketing fruit- and dessert-flavored flavors. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-04-supreme-court-cigarette-flavors.html Wed, 02 Apr 2025 15:20:01 EDT news662824843 Decreases in exclusive cigarette smoking and increases in exclusive electronic cigarette use were seen among U.S. adults from 2017 to 2023, according to research published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-03-decline-exclusive-cigarette-vaping.html Wed, 12 Mar 2025 08:37:39 EDT news660987456 E-cigarette use, including vaping, is often seen as a safer and trendier alternative to traditional tobacco products. However, a new study from researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center published in Scientific Reports suggests an elevation of carcinogenic cellular signaling pathways in exclusive e-cigarette users when compared to non-users. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-03-cigarette-cancer.html Mon, 03 Mar 2025 11:43:03 EST news660224581 When you hear the phrase "smoking kills"—which it does: nearly 500,000 Americans die from cigarette smoking each year—where does your mind go? https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-02-qa-vaping-bad-heart.html Fri, 28 Feb 2025 12:19:04 EST news659967541 In recent years, vaping has become popular as an alternative to traditional cigarettes. Flavored electronic cigarettes—known as e-cigarettes—have become so popular among young adults that some states have implemented restrictions such as flavor bans and taxes on e-cigarettes in an effort to reduce teen vaping. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-02-restricting-flavored-cigarettes-vaping-young.html Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:24:03 EST news659287441 New research published in Health Economics indicates that a national prohibition of menthol cigarettes in the United States could increase the number of people who attempt to quit smoking but also support an illegal menthol cigarette market. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-02-prohibition-menthol-cigarettes-good.html Wed, 19 Feb 2025 06:12:03 EST news659167921 Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms are associated with onset of nicotine and tobacco use in U.S. youths, according to a study published online Feb. 11 in JAMA Network Open. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-02-adhd-symptoms-linked-onset-nicotine.html Fri, 14 Feb 2025 12:53:02 EST news658759981