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Smokers increasingly using e-cigarettes to quit, survey shows
People who smoke are increasingly using e-cigarettes to try to quit smoking, a study by researchers at the University of Otago, Wellington, has found.
Sep 18, 2020
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Studies: E-cigarettes won't help smokers quit, but they may become addicted to vaping
E-cigarettes are now the most popular product used for smoking cessation in the United States, ahead of all U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved cessation aids combined, from nicotine patches and gum to prescription ...
Sep 2, 2020
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Risk of stroke may more than double for African Americans who smoke
Current cigarette smoking and the number of cigarettes smoked per day are associated with more than twice the risk for all stroke—ischemic and hemorrhagic—among African Americans compared to nonsmokers, according to new ...
Jun 10, 2020
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Tobacco companies minting it before Wednesday's UK menthol cigarette ban
Menthol cigarettes will be removed from shelves in the UK this Wednesday (20 May 2020), yet new research has found that tobacco companies failed to use the four-year phasing-in period (from 2016) to prepare for this week's ...
May 18, 2020
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E-cigarette users experience vascular damage similar to that of smokers of combustible cigarettes
Using e-cigarettes damages the arteries and blood vessel function much like smoking traditional cigarettes, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open access journal ...
Apr 29, 2020
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E-cigarette users are exposed to potentially harmful levels of metal linked to DNA damage
Researchers at the University of California, Riverside, have completed a cross-sectional human study that compares biomarkers and metal concentrations in the urine of e-cigarette users, nonsmokers, and cigarette smokers.
Feb 20, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Vapers show chemical changes in their genome linked to cancer
Biologically important changes in DNA seen in smokers are also being found in people who vape, according to a new study published in the journal Epigenetics.
Feb 12, 2020
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Is vaping a scourge on your skin?
Burns on the face, arms and hands that require skin grafts. Acne boils and ugly rashes. Black hairy tongue and other oral lesions.
Feb 5, 2020
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E-cigarette use high among recent quitters but rare among those who gave up longer ago
Former smokers who quit tobacco within the last five years are likely to use e-cigarettes, while vaping is rare among those who quit more than a decade ago, reveal the findings of research published online in the journal ...
Feb 3, 2020
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Food and Drug Administration delays plan to lower nicotine levels in traditional cigarettes
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a list of regulations it plans to work on in 2020, omitted from that list was a regulation to reduce nicotine levels in traditional cigarettes. That regulation was initially ...
Nov 21, 2019
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