LAURAN NEERGAARD, AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Electronic cigarettes have surpassed traditional smoking in popularity among teens, the government’s annual drug use survey finds. Even...
(Business Standard) – Smoking can cause loss of the Y chromosome in blood cells, which may put male smokers at a greater risk of cancer,...
MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Use of electronic cigarettes by high school students tripled over three years, according to a new government...
(Time) – Nobody would mistake sugary soda for a health food, but a new study published in the American Journal of Public Health just found that a daily soda habit...
LINDSAY WHITEHURST, Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Poison control workers say that as the e-cigarette industry has boomed, the number of children exposed to...
TOM MURPHY, AP Business Writer As CVS sharpens its focus on customer health, the nation’s second-largest drugstore chain will tweak its corporate name and stop the...
JOHN HEILPRIN, Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Governments should have tougher rules for electronic cigarettes — banning their use indoors and putting them off limits for...
Margie Mason, ASSOCIATED PRESS JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia became the newest country to mandate graphic photo warnings on cigarette packs on Tuesday, joining more...
MICHAEL R. SISAK, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Laws in New York and Chicago making electronic cigarettes subject to the same regulations as tobacco are...
MICHAEL FELBERBAUM, AP Tobacco Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government’s move to regulate e-cigarettes is a leap into the unknown. Most everyone agrees a ban...
[Smithsonian.com] When electronic cigarettes began gaining traction several years ago, they were billed as a way to wean smokers off of traditional cigarettes and cut down on smoking-related health problems. So...
NEW YORK (AP) — A smokers’ advocacy group says it has sued New York City seeking to overturn the city’s ban on electronic cigarettes. The NYC...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON – The U.S. Justice Department and the Tobacco-Free Kids Action Fund have reached an agreement with the four major...
[USA Today] Fewer U.S. teens are smoking cigarettes, but more are getting a nicotine fix from hookahs and electronic cigarettes, the Centers for Disease Control and...
