Many Americans believe exposure to marijuana smoke is safer than tobacco, study finds
By CNN on CBS News Texas August 14- Is inhaling marijuana smoke safer than inhaling smoke from tobacco? A majority of American adults say yes, according to a new survey, and they also believe there is less harm to adults and children from secondhand marijuana smoke than tobacco smoke. However, those beliefs are just not... View Article
Fewer young Americans say they smoke cigarettes: Gallup
By Gianna Melillo, The Hill November 28- Rates of cigarette smoking among young Americans have fallen from 35 percent to 12 percent over the past 20 years, according to new results of a Gallup poll. The decline among those aged 18 through 29 was also more than double that of any other age group measured and... View Article
Smoking marijuana may be more harmful to lungs than smoking cigarettes, study finds
By Alicia Zellmer and Joy Liu, ABC News November 15- People who smoke marijuana were more likely to have certain types of lung damage than people who smoked cigarettes, according to a new study that reviewed lung scans of smokers. The researchers who led the study say their findings suggest smoking marijuana may be more harmful than people realize. The Centers... View Article
Study: Kids who vape tobacco are more likely to go on to use cannabis
By Erin Blakemore, The Washington Post August 8 Vaping is growing more prevalent among young people — in 2021, 1 in 9 high school students said they had vaped in the past month, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Increasingly, those kids are vaping cannabis. But is vaping a gateway to marijuana use?... View Article
Long-Term Cannabis Smoking Appears to Alter Lung Function, But Not Like Tobacco
By Carly Cassella, Health February 4- A long-term study tracking just over a thousand participants has found regular cannabis smoking can change the function of...
No cigarette butts? California would ban tobacco filters under a proposed law
By Andrew Sheeler, The Sacramento Bee January 25- A California lawmaker has introduced a bill to ban the sale of single-use tobacco or cannabis products...
NTPC Position Statement: Secondhand Cannabis Smoke
Smoke is Smoke Secondhand cannabis smoke is a complex chemical mixture of smoke emitted from combusted cannabis and the smoke that is exhaled by the...
Funding OK’d for Nevada Summit on Vaping, Marijuana
Mary Hynes, Las Vegas Review-Journal December 13, 2019 Nevada lawmakers on Friday approved funding for a statewide summit to set a public health strategy around...
Prevalence of Cannabis Use in Electronic Cigarettes Among US Youth
This study estimates the national prevalence and correlates of self-reported use of cannabis use in e-cigarettes among US middle and high school students. Data are...
