Abstract Background Studies of the patterns polytobacco use have increased. However, understanding using multiple tobacco products among Black adolescents is minimal. This study identified U.S. adolescents. Methods Latent class analysis (LCA) was used to identify adolescent a representative sample youth from 2017 Youth Risk Behavior Survey ( n = 2782). Ever and recent (past 30 day) cigarettes, ...

Tobacco use is the greatest threat to public health worldwide, killing more than seven million people annually. This paper, about 10 years after first review on electronic cigarettes, analyses evolution that this tool has had in these years. It concludes with comments significance of research and why it constitutes an original contribution. We searched PubMed (National Library Medicine), PsycIN...

BACKGROUND Decades of research have produced overwhelming evidence that tobacco taxes reduce tobacco use and increase government tax revenue. The magnitude and effectiveness of taxes in reducing tobacco use provide an incentive for tobacco users, manufacturers and others, most notably criminal networks, to devise ways to avoid or evade tobacco taxes. Consequently, tobacco tax avoidance and tax ...

Medicinal cannabis has attracted a lot of attention in recent times. Various forms of administration are used, of which smoking is very common but the least desirable. Smoking cannabis generates a large amount of unwanted side products, of which carcinogenic compounds are the most dangerous. A common practice among recreational drug users, and to a lesser degree patients who uses cannabis as me...

Mycobacterium avium was recovered from tobacco, cigarette paper, and cigarette filters. M. avium could also be recovered from cigarette filters after the cigarettes had been smoked.

BACKGROUND College students are vulnerable to tobacco addiction. Tobacco industries often target college students for marketing. Studies about prevalence of tobacco use and its correlates among college students in Nepal are lacking. METHODS A cross-sectional survey was carried out in two cities of western Nepal during January-March, 2007. A pre-tested, anonymous, self-administered questionnai...

It is unknown whether first-generation electronic cigarettes reduce smoking urges and withdrawal symptoms following a 24 h deprivation period. This study tested whether a first-generation electronic cigarette reduces smoking urges and withdrawal symptoms in cigarette smokers. Following 24 h of tobacco deprivation, using a within-subjects design, eight nontreatment seeking tobacco cigarette smok...

Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are battery-powered devices that deliver a heated aerosol, which typically contains nicotine, flavorings, and other additives, to the user. The e-cigarette marketplace is rapidly evolving, but the long-term health effects of these products are not known. Carcinogens and toxins such as diacetyl, acetaldehyde, and other harmful chemicals have been documented i...

BACKGROUND There are concerns that the marketing of e-cigarettes may increase the appeal of tobacco smoking in children. We examined this concern by assessing the impact on appeal of tobacco smoking after exposure to advertisements for e-cigarettes with and without candy-like flavours, such as, bubble gum and milk chocolate. METHODS We assigned 598 English school children (aged 11-16 years) t...

OBJECTIVES This quasi-experimental longitudinal study monitored aggregate Google search queries as a proxy for consumer interest in non-cigarette tobacco products (NTP) around the time of the 2009 US federal tobacco tax increase. METHODS Query trends for searches mentioning common NTP were downloaded from Google's public archives. The mean relative increase was estimated by comparing the obse...