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.
The ice flavours that make vaping feel smooth and refreshing may do more than trick your brain – researchers are finding effects on the heart and blood vessels too.
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.
A new cross-Canada standard sets out what evidence-informed substance use prevention, education and intervention should look like from kindergarten through Grade 12.
The evidence shows nicotine-based vapes are likely to cause oral and lung cancer. We just don’t yet know how many cases it will cause.
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.
Research shows that vaping can damage arteries, raise blood pressure and trigger inflammation – the same early warning signs that lead to heart attacks and strokes.
Studies show vaping raises the number of ACE2 receptors: the doorway COVID uses to attack. That means higher risk and slower recovery.
Fuelling these shopfronts is a thriving black market and a flawed policy approach. It’s time for viable, effective solutions.
Using vapes for more than two years and with nicotine concentrations above 3% is linked to higher dependence, making it more difficult to stop.
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.
What’s in cannabis vapes, and should we be worried about young people using them?
Popcorn lung is more than just a strange name — it’s a serious, irreversible lung disease linked to chemicals in some vape flavours.
A 2020 study is frequently cited as evidence that vaping reduces youth smoking rates. But the research is flawed. Vaping might be a gateway for teens to start smoking.
Nicotine use during adolescence harms the developing brain. South Africa needs to act to stop this harmful habit.
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Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney
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Assistant Professor of Health Promotion and Policy, UMass Amherst
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Emeritus Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney
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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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Associate Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Rutgers University
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Emeritus Professor, National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research, The University of Queensland
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Professor, Melbourne Centre for Behaviour Change, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Community Health and Health Behavior, University at Buffalo
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Research Affiliate, The University of Sydney, University of Sydney
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Academic and Director Collaboration for Evidence, Research and Impact in Public Health, Curtin University
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Associate Professor, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford
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Professor of Chemistry, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences
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Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Vermont
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Associate Professor and Head of Respiratory Environmental Health, The Kids Research Institute Australia; Curtin University
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Senior Lecturer in Mental Health, University of East Anglia