A new study concludes many smokers who try e-cigarettes find them less satisfying than regular cigarettes. The researchers say this suggests e-cigarettes may not be a useful tool to help a significant number of smokers quit.
A new online poll finds about 10 percent of adults say they use e-cigarettes, the same percentage as in a similar poll last year. A growing number of adults have negative attitudes toward e-cigarettes, the Reuters/Ipsos poll found.
Last year 15 percent of American adults smoked, down from 17 percent in 2014, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Poison control centers around the country have seen a sharp increase in calls about young children’s exposure to e-cigarettes. The biggest threat appears to be ingestion of liquid nicotine, HealthDay reports.
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday announced it is extending its oversight to all tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, Reuters reports. The agency will ban sales of e-cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco and hookah tobacco to people under age 18.
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E-cigarettes are now the most widely used tobacco product among teens, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. E-cigarette use rose among middle school and high school students from 2011 to 2015, the report found.
Thirty health groups are urging President Obama to issue a final rule that would let the Food and Drug Administration regulate all tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, The Hill reports.
The California Senate will consider a package of anti-smoking measures Thursday that would raise the smoking age to 21 and classify e-cigarettes as tobacco products, the Associated Press reports.
E-cigarettes have been banned on commercial flights to and from the United States, the Department of Transportation announced Wednesday.
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Americans are increasingly conducting online searches related to electronic nicotine delivery systems, a new study finds. Most of the searches are about how and where to get vaping products, not their health effects.
The Obama Administration has been too slow in granting the Food and Drug Administration regulatory authority over e-cigarettes, according to the American Lung Association.
A new study suggests teens who try e-cigarettes are much more likely than their peers who don’t use the devices to try regular cigarettes.
A new study finds e-cigarettes are associated with significantly less quitting among smokers, CBS News reports. Adult smokers who used e-cigarettes were 28 percent less likely to stop smoking regular cigarettes, researchers found.
Some types of e-cigarettes contain enough alcohol to affect motor skills, a new study concludes. E-cigarettes deliver nicotine by vaporizing liquids, which may contain alcohol and other chemicals.
Seven in 10 teens are exposed to e-cigarette ads, according to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Teens see the ads on TV, in print, online and at retail outlets.
E-cigarette sales have been declining in recent months, after five years of rapid growth, according to The Wall Street Journal.
The Department of Transportation is banning airline passengers from packing e-cigarettes and other battery-operated electronic smoking devices in their checked bags because of the risk of fires, the Associated Press reports.
A new government study finds that almost 13 percent of U.S. adults have tried e-cigarettes, the Los Angeles Times reports. Almost 4 percent of adults use the devices on a regular basis.
Four out of five teens ages 12 to 17 who have used tobacco say the first product they tried was flavored, according to a new study by researchers from the Food and Drug Administration.
Among middle and high school students who have used tobacco products in the last month, 70 percent have used at least one flavored product during that time, a new government study finds.
Attorneys general from 33 states are calling on the Food and Drug Administration to require health warning labels on liquid nicotine, Reuters reports.
A panel of experts has concluded there is not yet enough evidence to determine whether e-cigarettes are safe or effective in helping people quit smoking, Reuters reports.
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