Tobacco & Marijuana

Preteens surrounded by smokers get hooked on nicotine

Exposure to secondhand smoke can create symptoms of nicotine dependence in non-smoking preteens, according to a new study from Concordia University and the University…    

Rise in quit attempts faded after UK smoking ban

A 2007 ban on smoking inside public places across the United Kingdom may be responsible for a spike in prescriptions for medications to help…    

Medical marijuana superstore opens on Arizona

Some local wags are calling it the “Wal-Mart of Weed” or “Home DePot.”

Seeking to capitalize on Arizona’s newly enacted medical marijuana…    

Tough Australian anti-smoking laws to win parliament backing

Australia is set to pass the world’s toughest anti-smoking laws, forcing big tobacco companies to use plain green cigarette packaging after opposition lawmakers dropped…    

Smoking could kill 8 million a year by 2030: WHO

Tobacco will kill nearly six million people this year, including 600,000 non-smokers, because governments are not doing enough to persuade people to quit or…    

Beaches, parks off limits to New York smokers

New York City took its smoking prohibition outdoors on Monday, adding the city’s parks and beaches to the list of places where smoking is…    

Exercise helps women fight smoking cravings, but effect is short-lived

Dozens of studies on whether moderate exercise can curb the nicotine cravings of women smokers have added up to an apparent contradiction: it seems…    

Smoking ban reduces emergency room admissions

Workplace smoking bans are gaining ground globally, and one study has shown that they may have significant health effects. The study, conducted by researchers…    

Reining in nicotine use

A person’s vulnerability to nicotine addiction appears to have a genetic basis, at least in part. A region in the midbrain called the habenula…    

Fake cigarettes increase success rate for quitting smoking

Nicotine-free plastic inhalers may increase a smoker’s chance of quitting, according to new research published online in the European Respiratory Journal.

This…    

Smokers undergo the same changes in gene expression as patients with COPD

’Healthy’ smokers experience changes in the gene expression of their lungs similar to that suffered by smokers who have developed Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease…    

New UTHealth Trial Aimed at Helping Pregnant Women Stop Smoking

A clinical trial to test the safety and efficacy of a medication that could help pregnant women stop smoking has begun enrollment at The…    

Medical marijuana faces tough curbs in Montana

Many if not most of Montana’s 4,800 medical marijuana suppliers will be forced out of business within two months under a newly passed overhaul…    

Parents have role in smoking prevention

Parents shouldn’t let up when it comes to discouraging their kids from smoking.

That’s the message of a study to be presented…    

Children held captive in smoky vehicles

It is absolutely unacceptable to subject children to any tobacco smoke exposure in cars, according to the authors of an abstract to be presented…    

Stillbirths tied to secondhand smoke: study

Pregnant women who live or work with smokers may be at slightly higher risk of having a stillbirth, suggests a study that adds to…    

Early anti-smoking drug start seems better: study

Getting a head start on Pfizer’s anti-smoking drug Chantix may help smokers kick the habit, according to a preliminary study funded by the company.…    

Government to regulate electronic cigarettes as tobacco

The government said on Monday it plans to regulate electronic cigarettes as tobacco products.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s announcement came…    

Arkansas medical marijuana advocates begin petition

Proponents of legalizing medical marijuana in Arkansas are hoping that 2012 is their lucky year.

After failed attempts to get the issue…    

Half of U.S. states have comprehensive smoking bans: CDC

Half of all U.S. states have enacted smoking bans in private worksites, restaurants and bars in the past decade, but a government report says…    

Smokers who quit have less aggressive kidney cancer

Researchers have found that kidney cancer is not only more common among heavy smokers, it also appears to be more aggressive.

According…    

Smokers believe ‘silver’, ‘gold’ and ‘slim’ cigarettes are less harmful

Despite current prohibitions on the words ‘light’ and ‘mild’, smokers in Western countries continue falsely to believe that some cigarette brands may be less…    

Pricey cigarettes mean fewer teens smoke

Australia seems to have found ways to cut back on teen smoking, researchers from there report.

Higher taxes on cigarettes, expanded no-smoking…    

Half a million die from smoking yearly in U.S.

Smoking causes half a million deaths each year in the U.S., killing slightly more men than women, new statistics show.

The rates…    

Evidence ties smoking to throat, stomach cancer

Smokers face an increased risk of certain types of throat and stomach cancers, even years after they quit, a new study finds.

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