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Young people using unregulated nicotine pouches despite health risks

Written by | 22 Nov 2025

Young people in Scotland are experimenting with nicotine pouches and reporting adverse effects such as sickness and fainting, according to new research from the Scottish Centre for Social… read more.

Earlier and worse strokes tied to heavy drinking

Written by | 6 Nov 2025

Researchers report that people drinking three or more alcoholic drinks per day are at a significantly greater risk of intracerebral hemorrhage (a type of stroke caused by bleeding… read more.

Opioid prescribing for pain is declining in Canada

Written by | 5 Nov 2025

Efforts to promote safer opioid prescribing in Canada appear to be having an effect, as new research in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) https://www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.250670  shows a decrease in opioid dispensing between 2018 and… read more.

Oral nicotine pouches studied as a tool to quit smoking

Written by | 4 Nov 2025

In ongoing efforts to pinpoint the best evidence-based ways to quit smoking, a University of Massachusetts Amherst public health researcher has turned her attention to a tobacco-free product… read more.

Ex-smokers who relapse may simply be tired of the effort of not smoking

Written by | 22 Oct 2025

The most reliable predictor of an ex-smoker’s relapse isn’t strong urges to smoke or low confidence in the ability to stay off tobacco – it’s weariness with the… read more.

Reduction in costs of fentanyl production found to have long-term implications for illegal opioid supply industry

Written by | 20 Oct 2025

The spread of illegally manufactured fentanyl has driven overdose deaths to unprecedented levels in the United States and Canada. It has also changed the production function for drug… read more.

Many older adults – especially Gen X women – show signs of addiction to ultra-processed foods

Written by | 5 Oct 2025

They were the first generation of Americans to grow up with ultra-processed foods all around them – products typically loaded with extra fat, salt, sugar and flavorings. They… read more.

Rates of alcohol-induced deaths among the general population nearly doubled from 1999 to 2024

Written by | 26 Sep 2025

In an analysis by race, sex, age, and geography, alcohol-induced death rates in 2024 are nearly double those in 1999, with a sharp increase at the onset of the… read more.

Automated smoking interventions offered to parents through pediatric primary care may curb their tobacco habits

Written by | 16 Sep 2025

Researchers from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and Mass General Brigham found that integrating an automated smoking cessation intervention for parents into pediatric primary care demonstrated increased treatment… read more.

Do state bans on flavored e-cigarettes inadvertently increase traditional cigarette use?

Written by | 6 Sep 2025

A study in Health Economics reveals that comprehensive state bans on flavored e-cigarettes may reduce vaping among young adults, but they can also lead to increased use of traditional cigarettes…. read more.

Alcohol-related liver disease has more than doubled in the last 20 years

Written by | 30 Jul 2025

Americans who drink heavily are more than twice as likely to develop significant liver disease compared to 20 years ago, according to a new Keck Medicine of USC study published today… read more.

Vaping is more effective for smoking cessation than nicotine gum and lozenges

Written by | 19 Jul 2025

Findings from a randomized controlled trial suggest that vaporized nicotine products (vapes) are more effective than nicotine replacement therapies for smoking cessation in a low socioeconomic status population…. read more.

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