New FDA guidance suggests mint, coffee, and spice vape flavors could be authorized, raising debate over toxic additives and youth vaping risks.

The agency is proposing allowing other tastes for vapes, like mint, coffees, spices or tea, to appeal to adults. At the same time, illicit candy-flavored types aimed at teenagers have flooded the ...

Column underestimated Gaspee Affair. It was with great interest that I read John Landry’s guest column "Did Rhode Island ...

A new Massachusetts report says the ban on menthol cigarettes has reduced smoking rates and saved more than $70 million in health care costs.

The Food and Drug Administration released draft guidance on Monday explaining how it plans to evaluate premarket tobacco product applications (PMTAs) for flavored electronic nicotine delivery systems.

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) released a report Monday showing that state legislation restricting flavored tobacco sales has reduced smoking prevalence in the state.

When e-cigarettes first appeared around 2010, they were hailed as a breakthrough: nicotine delivery without the toxic tar and combustion byproducts of traditional cigarettes. Public health bodies ...

Psilocybin "should move forward in the FDA process," researchers say ...

A growing number of U.S. adults consider electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) more harmful than conventional cigarettes. The findings, by researchers from the UT Southwestern Medical Center and ...

A father’s nicotine exposure can affect his offspring’s ability to process sugar and may contribute to diabetes risk, according to new research using lab mice at the University of California, Santa ...

The fight to stamp out cigarettes may be heading in a mind-bending new direction. Research published this week found that a ...

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