Smoking Cessation News & Features
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FDA Orders Juul to Stop Selling E-Cigarettes
The FDA has ordered Juul Labs to stop selling e-cigarettes and vaping products on the U.S. market, the agency announced on Thursday.
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Biden Moves to Limit Nicotine Levels in Cigarettes
The action to reduce nicotine levels would fit in with President Joe Biden’s goal of reducing cancer death rates by half over 25 years.
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FDA Proposes Ban on Menthol Tobacco Products
Health care groups hailed the proposal as a critical step to keep cigarettes out of the mouths of children and Black Americans, who are particularly likely to smoke menthol tobacco products.
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'Brain Zap' Technology May Help Hardcore Smokers Quit
According to a new study, using low-intensity electric or magnetic impulses helped people go without smoking cigarettes.
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Walmart to Stop Selling Cigarettes in Some Stores
Cigarettes will be removed from some stores in Arkansas, California, Florida, and New Mexico, the Wall Street Journal reports.
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U.S. Tobacco Use at Lowest Level in Decades, CDC Says
From 2019 to 2020, the percentage of adults who use any type of tobacco product decreased from 21% to 19%.
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FDA Authorizes More E-Cigarette Products
The agency said it would soon announce whether other big-name brands can continue to sell their products in this country.
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Vaping May Be Worse Than Smoking for Your Nose and Throat
A new study finds e-cigarette and hookah water pipe users may be at greater risk than tobacco cigarette smokers for cancers of the nose, sinuses and throat.
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Flavored Vapes Still in Stores Despite Federal Ban
More than 100 flavored vaping products with enticing flavors are still sold through the five top online e-cigarette retailers.
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Vaping Can Trigger Gene Changes in Cells
A new study warns that vaping triggers the same gene regulation changes that smoking does, so it may raise the risk of cancer and other serious diseases.
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E-cigarettes No Guarantee Against Relapse for Smokers
This is the first study to look at whether cigarette smokers can switch to electronic cigarettes without relapsing to smoking within one year.
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FDA Authorizes First E-Cigarette
The permission to sell was granted to R.J. Reynolds for three of its Vuse tobacco-flavored vaping products.
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How to Quit Smokeless Tobacco
Step-by-step tips on how to quit smokeless tobacco.
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FDA Moves to Block Some Vape Products, Delays Action on Juul
The FDA has ordered millions of e-cigarette products off the public market while saying it needs more time to review vape products sold by leading retailers like Juul, the country’s largest e-cigarette maker.
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How to Quit Vaping
Struggling to kick the unhealthy habit of vaping? Learn more about the steps to take to quit vaping.
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Brain 'Zap' Treatment Might Curb Smoking
New research suggests a technique called noninvasive brain stimulation may help hardcore smokers cut back.
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Pfizer Halts Distribution of Stop-Smoking Pill Chantix
Pfizer is suspending distribution of the anti-smoking treatment Chantix after heightened levels of the carcinogen N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) were found in some lots of the pills.
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FDA Moves to Ban Menthol in Cigarettes
The action comes after public health groups petitioned and then sued the agency to force it to address menthol.
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Raising Legal Age for Tobacco Cuts Teen Smoking
Raising the legal age for buying tobacco is effective in cutting teen smoking rates, a new study shows.
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Smoking Makes a Comeback in the Pandemic
Experts raise concerns about the uptick in tobacco use and emphasize the urgent need to reverse it.
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U-Haul Won't Hire Smokers, Vapers in 21 States
Twenty-one states currently allow employers to refuse hiring if a person uses nicotine, and in 17 states testing for nicotine prior to hiring is legal.
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Trump Administration to Ban Most Flavored E-Cigarettes
The White House originally proposed a ban on flavored e-cigarettes -- thought to be especially enticing to teens -- back in September. But since then, the Administration had seemed to bow to industry and political pressures and back away from such a ban.
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Congress Raises Age to Buy Tobacco Products to 21
The measure was supported by many tobacco and e-cigarette companies.
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U.S. Smoking Rate Hits New Low, But Vaping Rises
Just under 14% of American adults smoked cigarettes in 2018, a dramatic decline from the 42% adult smoking rate in 1965, according to researchers with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Think Vaping Is Heathier for Your Heart Than Smoking? Think Again
Researchers say use of e-cigarettes negatively affects risk factors for heart disease in ways similar to traditional tobacco cigarettes:
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