E-Cigs Show Some Benefit as Smoking Cessation Aid in Clinical Trial
Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) helped people better stick to smoking cessation in the randomized controlled ESTxENDS trial. Participants smoking at least five tobacco cigarettes a day at baseline showed validated continuous abstinence from tobacco smoking at 6 months in 28.9% of cases after getting free e-cigarettes and counseling, which was significantly better than the 16.3% abstinence […]
Use of E-Cigs Alone Linked to Respiratory Symptoms
Use of e-cigarettes may be inherently associated with respiratory issues regardless of traditional cigarette or cannabis exposure, a prospective study found. Teenagers who reported using e-cigarettes in the previous 30 days subsequently reported an increased risk for shortness of breath (OR 1.78, 95% CI 1.23-2.57), wheezing (OR 1.81, 95% CI 1.28-2.56), and bronchitic symptoms (OR […]
Vaping May Open the Door to Cannabis Use in Teens
Adolescents who used e-cigarettes were significantly more likely to become new smokers of cannabis shortly thereafter, a cohort study found. Cannabis-naive adolescents reporting ever vaping at baseline were more than twice as likely to report also using cannabis when surveyed a year later (adjusted RR 2.57 vs nonusers of e-cigarettes, 95% CI 2.04-3.09), reported Ruoyan […]
Does TikTok Push Vaping?
Videos posted on TikTok depicting e-cigarettes mostly make vaping look cool and fun, researchers found. An analysis of 808 videos, selected using hashtags on vaping, indicated that 63% portrayed e-cigarettes in a positive light, whereas only 13% were judged negative; the remaining 24% were considered neutral, according to doctoral student Tianze Sun, of the University […]
FDA Must Do More to Stop Youth Vaping, House Members Say
WASHINGTON — The FDA should be doing more to stop kids from getting addicted to e-cigarettes, House members told FDA Acting Commissioner Janet Woodcock, MD, at a hearing on youth vaping on Wednesday. “I just want to make sure America understands, you have the authority to commit today to preventing millions of kids from becoming […]