Smoking E-Cigarettes Daily Doubles Risk of Heart Attacks
Daily use of electronic cigarettes is associated with nearly a doubling of the odds of a heart attack.
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Marijuana Should Be Packaged, Regulated Following Tobacco Control Best Practices
California should take an assertive approach to cannabis labeling, packaging and product formulation, according to a new UCSF study.
Youth Using Alternative Tobacco Products Are More Likely to Smoke 1 Year Later
Nonsmoking adolescents who use e-cigarettes, smokeless tobacco or tobacco water pipes are more likely to start smoking conventional cigarettes within a year, according to new research by UCSF.
Hard-Core Smokers are Softening Over Time
Study shows, over the course of 19 years, the hard core group smoked progressively fewer cigarettes per day and tried to quit in increasingly greater numbers, along with every other group of smokers in the US.
From Threat to Opportunity: Study Shows Cigarette Makers Shifted Stance on Nicotine Patches, Gum
A new study reports that tobacco companies have known for decades that, without counseling, nicotine replacement therapy hardly ever works, and that consumers often use it to complement smoking.
San Francisco’s Flavored Tobacco Law Rooted in Years of Research, Advocacy Work
San Francisco recently passed the country’s first outright ban on sales of flavored tobacco. It was supported by more than 15 years’ worth of research and national advocacy work by UCSF’s Valerie Yerger.
Dazed & Confused: Marijuana Legalization Raises the Need for More Research
Researchers need access to multiple strains of marijuana in order to find out about its potential benefits or harms, but current legislation makes that extremely difficult. As states move ahead with recreational legalization, access is more critical than ever.
For Young Adults, Cigarettes More Pleasurable with Alcohol than with Pot
Young adults get more pleasure from smoking cigarettes while they are drinking alcohol than they do while using marijuana, according to a new UC San Francisco study.
Parental Smoking Linked to Genetic Changes Found in Childhood Cancer
Smoking by either parent helps promote genetic deletions in children that are associated with the development and progression of the most common type of childhood cancer, according to research headed by UCSF.
Even Light-Smoking Teens are Likely to Use Alcohol and Marijuana
In a UC San Francisco study of 176 adolescent smokers in San Francisco, 96 percent reported using at least two substances other than cigarettes.