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Staff on a paediatric ward are highlighting the dangers of e-cigarettes after patients as young as 13 "openly admitted to ...

This past fall I was at my son’s little league baseball game; a group of 7–8-year-olds, surrounded by parents and grandparents cheering them on. In between innings a few of the parents stepped away, ...

To say that smoking is bad for your health is an understatement. For every cigarette you smoke, you reduce your lifespan by five minutes (at least that's what the research says). Smoking in any ...

A statewide evaluation found that California schools receiving TUPE funding delivered more antitobacco education and ...

Vaping (using e-cigarettes) is often perceived as a ‘healthier alternative’ to smoking traditional cigarettes – but this idea is misleading. While vaping might be considered less harmful than smoking ...

E-cigarette sales rose 49% between 2019-2023, according to a report from the CDC Foundation and Truth Initiative. Although the use of e-cigarettes in youth has declined, more than 1.6 million youth ...

A team of public health researchers found "very low-certainty evidence" to support a commonly held belief that nicotine vaping is a gateway to cigarette smoking for young people. "One of the ...

In early December, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Food and Drug Administration v. Wages and White Lion Investments, a challenge to the FDA's denial of marketing approval for flavored vaping ...

The question of whether vaping should be treated the same as smoking in public places is a divisive one. Although some people argue that vaping should be allowed in designated smoke-free areas because ...