News tagged with 'Smokers'

The one year anniversary of the Tobacco Control Act marks an expanded regulatory role of the FDA in overseeing cigarettes short of banning them or reducing nicotine. Candy flavored cigarettes, misleading labeling and menthol in cigarettes are all top priorities for regulation.

New research finds 75 percent of current smokers trying to quit are highly nicotine-dependent, an 15-year high. Experts note nicotine dependence widely varies from smoker to smoker.

In the U.S. 16,000 to 24,000 people who never smoked, die from lung cancer. It has perplexed researchers who suspect that genetic susceptibility may be one factor along with exposure to polluted air, asbestos, radon, solvents and second hand smoke. Now a new study of 2.4 million nonsmokers who contracted lung cancer provides a new look at the issue.