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Nonsmokers now make up nearly a quarter of all lung cancer diagnosis, as threats like radon and air pollution take a heavy toll.
Cancer

People Who Don’t Smoke Are Getting Lung Cancer in Scary Numbers

By Joe Wilkins

A new FDA proposal would reduce the amount of feel-good nicotine in cigarettes to near-inconsequential levels.
Developments

FDA Working to Remove the Stuff in Cigarettes That Feels Good

By Frank Landymore

The fringe benefits of the new class of weight loss drugs, which includes Ozempic and its weight loss sister Wegovy, keep adding up.
RX and Medicine

People on Ozempic Find That They’re Drinking and Smoking Less Too

By Noor Al-Sibai

A new study suggests that daily smoking can shrink your brain, leading to dementia and Alzheimer's disease.
Neuroscience and Brain

Smoking Cigarettes Does Something Horrifying to Your Brain, Scientists Find

By Sharon Adarlo

The link between smoking cigarettes and mental illness is well-established, but a new study complicates the matter.
Studies

Smoking Cigarettes Appears to Cause Mental Illness, Scientists Say, But With a Catch

By Noor Al-Sibai

Since 2020, the number of different e-cigarettes being sold in the US has tripled in large part due to unauthorized Chinese imports.
Developments

These New Gas Station Vapes Are Horrifying

By Frank Landymore

New Zealand's parliament has passed new legislation, prohibiting the sale of cigarettes or tobacco products to anybody born after 2008.
Developments

New Zealand Officially Bans Cigarettes for Anybody Born After 2008

By Victor Tangermann

Remember back when people insisted that vaping e-cigarettes was better for you than smoking regular cigarettes? As it turns out, that was a load of bull.
Studies

Vaping Is Absolutely Terrible for Your Heart, According to New Research

By Noor Al-Sibai

New Zealand to Completely Ban Tobacco for Anyone Born After 2008
Developments

New Zealand to Completely Ban Tobacco for Anyone Born After 2008

By Tony Ho Tran

Scientists have discovered yet another reason why vaping sucks.
Studies

Bad News, Boys! Vaping Linked to Erectile Dysfunction

By Noor Al-Sibai

A medical journal retracted a paper that claimed "current smoking was not associated with adverse outcome" in COVID-19 patients due to conflict of interest.
Viruses

Paper Claiming Cigarettes Protect Against COVID Retracted for Ties to Tobacco Industry

By Victor Tangermann

According to experts at analyst firm Jefferies, smokers may disappear from many markets, as Bloomberg reports.
Developments

Smoking Will Disappear Within a Generation, Experts Say

By Victor Tangermann

According to a major Paris hospital study, tobacco could be saving smokers from catching COVID-19. Researchers suggest it could be the nicotine.
Viruses

Study: Nicotine May Lower Risk of Catching Coronavirus

By Victor Tangermann

Experts: Vaping Could Make Coronavirus Infection More Severe
Viruses

Experts: Vaping Could Make Coronavirus Infection More Severe

By Victor Tangermann

In a new lawsuit, the state of Massachusetts claims that fashionable vape brand Juul marketed to kids with ad buys on Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network.
Developments

Lawsuit: Juul Targeted Kids with Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network Ads

By Jon Christian

New research suggests that vaping is just as bad for your heart as is smoking cigarettes. In some ways, vapes are even worse.
RX and Medicine

New Research: Vaping Is Incredibly Bad for Your Heart

By Dan Robitzski