Proposed nicotine reduction in cigarettes could save millions of lives, addiction expert explains
The cigarette is the only legal consumer product that—when used as intended—causes the premature death of half of long-term users.
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The cigarette is the only legal consumer product that—when used as intended—causes the premature death of half of long-term users.
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced a plan to reduce nicotine in cigarettes, and addiction experts say such a plan could have a substantial impact on public health in the United States. Tobacco smoking ...
Aug 4, 2022
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Research published in the Journal of Thoracic Oncology shows cytisine may be a safe and effective smoking cessation therapy in lung cancer screening volunteers.
Jul 28, 2022
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Most of the 40 million Americans who smoke cigarettes say they want to quit, and some move to e-cigarettes as a step toward quitting. However, a growing number of such people become dual nicotine users: They smoke traditional ...
Jul 21, 2022
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In an attempt to curb the use of increasingly popular electronic nicotine delivery systems, such as e-cigarettes, 30 U.S. states and Washington, D.C. have implemented taxes on these products. But a growing body of evidence ...
Jul 20, 2022
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced plans to require tobacco companies to cut the amount of nicotine in traditional cigarettes. It also announced a ban of Juul e-cigarettes in the U.S., saying the company ...
Jul 20, 2022
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Offering intensive, weekly telephone-based cessation counseling along with nicotine replacement for people who smoke and who were undergoing screening for lung cancer resulted in over a two-fold greater cigarette quit rate ...
Jul 12, 2022
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More than half of all people incarcerated in the U.S. smoke cigarettes, a hidden health crisis that has long been under-researched and under-resourced.
Jul 5, 2022
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Classic characters like Holly Golightly of "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and Danny Zuko of "Grease" certainly enhanced the cultural aesthetic of cigarette smoking. But since their time, we've learned a lot about the dangers of ...
Jun 30, 2022
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President Joe Biden's administration on Tuesday announced it would develop a new policy requiring cigarette producers to reduce nicotine to non-addictive levels—a move that would deal a powerful blow to the tobacco industry.
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