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Smoke without fire? Researchers question heated tobacco products

Heated tobacco products have soared in popularity as a "smoke free" alternative to cigarettes in recent years, but a peer-reviewed report has suggested their...

FDA Head Orders a Review of Its Nicotine Division, to Mixed Response

On July 20, Robert Califf, the head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), announced that he would commission external experts to conduct “a comprehensive evaluation”...

The news on e-cigarette research may seem relentlessly bad

Bad news is like sex – it sells. A headline like the old East German classic “Half the harvest safely gathered in” was never...

Cigarette smokers who try to quit often end up vaping and smoking

Cessation treatment can aid such dual nicotine users Most of the 40 million Americans who smoke cigarettes say they want to quit, and some move...

Rutgers University study: Patients asking doctors about better alternatives to smoking

A study conducted by Rutgers University in the United States reveals that 70 per cent of doctors reported their adult smoking patients had asked...