Vaping e-cigarettes leads to early signs of lung disease in young adults
By Gillian Rutherford, University of Alberta June 9, 2026- A product that was introduced as a safer alternative to smoking is causing lung and cardiovascular damage in young adults, according to new University of Alberta research published today. “The assumption is that these devices are less harmful than traditional cigarettes, but there is a lack of data... View Article
Nineteen U.S. attorneys general voice concerns to F1, FIA over tobacco industry sponsorship
By Madeline Coleman, The Athletic, The New York Times June 9, 2026- Attorneys general from 19 states and jurisdictions in the United States voiced concerns to Formula One and the FIA over tobacco industry sponsorship in the sport. The criticism was detailed in a letter to F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali and the sport’s regulator president... View Article
Colorado students educate classmates about the risks of nicotine with help from vaping settlement money
By John Daley, KRCC, Colorado Public Radio May 5, 2026- Sunlight hits Pikes Peak as it towers beyond the big west-facing windows of Fountain-Fort Carson High School, south of Colorado Springs. In a classroom upstairs, a pair of students lead a discussion for a dozen or so of their peers on combating youth nicotine addiction. Sophomore... View Article
High school students take the fight against tobacco to CSN
By Grace Da Roch, Las Vegas Sun May 3, 2026- Jeana Kim remembers the day her friend’s father died from health complications tied to years of smoking. Watching someone her own age carry that grief shook her to the core. That friend was on Kim’s mind last week as she and a handful of fellow high... View Article
Tobacco is still one of the world’s top killers – here are the key obstacles to enacting generational smoking bans
By Maria Helweg-Larsen, The Conversation April 10, 2026- Smoking is really bad for you. Most people know that. Even smokers think smoking is bad for one’s...
‘I always considered social media evil’: big tobacco whistleblower on tech’s addictive products
By Sanya Mansoor, The Guardian April 5, 2026- A key whistleblower in the tobacco industry’s landmark trials of the 1990s has been watching big tech’s...
Big Tobacco is No Longer Selling Cigarettes – It Is Engineering Addiction
By Hans Henri P. Kluge, Health Policy Watch April 5, 2026- Twenty-one years ago, the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), the world’s first global health...
Truth Initiative Report Finds Rapidly Evolving Nicotine Market Outpacing Regulation, Putting Youth at Risk
PR Newswire January 6, 2026- Data released today in a new report from Truth Initiative, Monitoring a Changing Tobacco Product Market in the United States, show that...
Vape shop to pay $460K for illegally selling tobacco, nicotine to minors in Arizona
By AZFamily Digital News Staff January 5, 2026- A vape shop with several Valley locations must pay back thousands of dollars for illegally selling tobacco...
