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A type of smokeless tobacco called snus may increase a prostate cancer patient's mortality risk

Snus Use Tied to Higher Risk of Prostate Cancer Mortality

Safety of the smokeless tobacco product called into question
The effectiveness of tobacco taxation is being undermined by smokers' behavioral changes and tobacco industry promotions

Effectiveness of Tobacco Taxation Is Being Undermined

Smokers 'downtrade' to cheaper generics, move to less heavily taxed products, buy multipacks
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Even Light-Use Waterpipe Smoking Harms the Lungs

Findings include biological and clinical abnormalities versus nonsmokers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration should ban flavorings and television advertisements for e-cigarettes

ACP Supports Ban on Flavoring, Ads for E-Cigarettes

Backers of devices say bans may drive some smokers back to cigarettes
Prenatal exposure to tobacco is associated with shorter fetal telomere length

Maternal Smoking Linked to Shorter Fetal Telomere Length

Tobacco exposure may result in early intrauterine programming
According to the U.S. Surgeon General

Deaths Due to Smoking Underestimated in U.S.

Each year, 60,000 more smokers die from causes associated with smoking, researchers say
Although fewer Americans are smoking and more communities have smoke-free laws

Secondhand Smoke Exposure Down But Still Too High

Two out of five children breathing in secondhand smoke
Current smoking reduces odds of survival in prostate cancer

Current Smoking Reduces Survival in Prostate Cancer

Former, as well as current, smokers saw higher risk for radiation tx-related urinary side effects
E-cigarette vapor can contain cancer-causing formaldehyde at levels up to 15 times higher than regular cigarettes

High Levels of Formaldehyde Seen in E-Cigarette Vapor

Levels up to 15 times higher than regular cigarettes
Annual health care expenses are substantially higher for smokers and the obese

Obesity More Expensive to Treat Than Smoking

Health care costs associated with obesity, smoking increased noticeably during 1998 to 2011