(Reuters Health) - Teens who try electronic cigarettes may be more than twice as likely to progress to traditional cigarettes as their peers who haven't used the devices, a recent U.S. study finds.

U.S. teens and young adults who vape are much more likely to start smoking cigarettes or to begin using cannabis or other drugs, a new University of Michigan study found. Most vaping studies focus on ...

More than 1.6 million U.S. middle and high school students reported vaping in 2023, and nearly 90 percent used flavored vapes. But America’s youth vaping epidemic may be no accident. UC San Francisco ...

Teenagers who vape are just as likely to start smoking cigarettes as young people 50 years ago, according to new research. Despite a massive fall in the number of youngsters smoking over the past half ...

UK teens who currently vape are as likely to take up smoking as their peers in the 1970s, despite a substantial fall in the prevalence of teenage smoking over the past 50 years, suggests a long term ...

Teenagers who currently vape are as likely to start smoking as their wider peers in the 1970s, a study suggests. The likelihood of taking up the habit is just 1.5 per cent among non-vapers but this ...

Anyone walking through Brown’s campus may smell wafts of cigarette smoke — a sign of the prevalence of cigarette use on college campuses. At Brown, students might be seen smoking a cigarette in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. John Samuels is the Founder/CEO of Wellworth healthcare advisory firm. A cigarette lit on screen once symbolized noir, danger and ...

That is the question sparking a heated debate this week in Geneva where over 1,400 delegates have gathered to discuss the World Health Organization’s tobacco control treaty and what they call “the ...