Nicotine products like pouches and patches are being promoted for cognitive enhancement, stress reduction, improved athletic performance and much more – with little scientific evidence.
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The review found vapes containing nicotine were more effective at helping people quit cigarettes than these other methods.
A new FDA survey finds some positive trends among young people in the US, though new forms of nicotine use like pouches have become a bit more popular.
Smoking isn’t back. New data show Australia’s tobacco control laws are working.
Flavored vapes draw new users – especially young people. On the flipside, they can also help some people quit smoking. Makary’s resignation makes it clear that the controversy isn’t going away.
Nicotine is being rebranded as a wellness tool – but does the science back the hype, or are we just dressing up an old addiction?
Vaping was sold as the safe alternative to smoking. The evidence is now telling a more complicated – and more worrying – story.
Teen vaping offers a powerful lesson in how misinformation shapes behaviour.
Young adults can take basic but powerful steps to address risk factors that set the stage for heart disease.
Fuelling these shopfronts is a thriving black market and a flawed policy approach. It’s time for viable, effective solutions.
Public health messaging focused solely on the health risks related to using tobacco products misses the mark with some teens.
Tobacco companies say that heated tobacco products have fewer health risks than cigarettes, but there is little clear data to support that claim.
Nicotine use during adolescence harms the developing brain. South Africa needs to act to stop this harmful habit.
Text message-based programming and the drug varenicline were the only 2 strategies that were shown to be effective for quitting vaping.
We found teenagers who’d had traumatic experiences by age 12 were more likely to be vaping regularly at 15.
Changes to the bacterial balance in the mouth can trigger inflammation and other harmful effects in the body.
The change is intended to balance access to vapes for adults using them to quit smoking with the need to protect young people from taking up vaping.
It’s a conundrum: While vaping can help some adults stop cigarette smoking, it also appeals to young people who may take up the habit.
From October, people who vape for therapeutic purposes will be able to purchase them from pharmacies without a prescription.
While manufacturers say they are marketing oral nicotine pouches as a safer alternative for people who already smoke, nonsmokers and young people are being drawn to them, a large-scale study found.
Top contributors
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Assistant Professor of Health Promotion and Policy, UMass Amherst
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Director, NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence on Achieving the Tobacco Endgame and ARC Future Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney
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Emeritus Professor, National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford
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Emeritus Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor of Health Management and Policy and Global Public Health, University of Michigan
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Professor, Melbourne Centre for Behaviour Change, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Public Health, Flinders University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow of Public Health, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Rutgers University
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Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Business Economics, University of Bath
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Professor of Health Psychology and Director of Tobacco Studies, UCL
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Associate, Office for Science and Society, McGill University
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Senior Research Fellow, University of Bath