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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ordered JUUL Labs Inc to stop selling and distributing its electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) in the US. The banned products include the JUUL device and 4 types…
A prospective, longitudinal cohort study found that healthy lifestyle factors decreased risk for peripheral artery disease (PAD). These findings were published in the European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery. Data for this study were…
Airline secondhand tobacco smoke (SHS) exposure is significantly related to worse respiratory health, even decades after exposure has ended, according to findings published recently in Chest. Although less severe, SHS is linked with airflow abnormalities…
The first generic version of Chantix (varenicline) has been made available by Par Pharmaceutical, Inc. Varenicline is a nicotinic receptor partial agonist indicated for use as an aid to smoking cessation treatment. The generic product…
Pfizer is expanding its voluntary recall of Chantix® (varenicline) 0.5mg and 1mg tablets to include all lots due to the presence of a nitrosamine impurity above the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s acceptable daily intake…
A multidisciplinary approach to screening for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may be feasible and could improve the uptake of smoking cessation initiatives in at-risk patients, according to findings from a pilot study published in…
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued the first marketing denial orders (MDOs) for electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) products after determining that these applications lacked sufficient evidence of benefit to adult smokers that…
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