#tobacco

California bans the sale of menthol cigarettes and other flavored tobacco products; South Dakota extends access to Medicaid.

Plus: Study shows that cutting down on alcohol consumption can reduce cancer risk.

Robert Califf headed the Food and Drug Administration for 10 months under Obama. Will he manage to implement his ideas this time around?

People with an opioid use disorder, in particular, had a tenfold higher risk of being diagnosed with COVID-19.

The head of the Food and Drug Administration cited a long commute and time away from family as reasons to step down.

Researchers compared lung disease diagnoses among groups of HIV-positive and HIV-negative men who reported about marijuana use.

The decision follows a massive increase in the number of young people in the United States smoking flavored products.

Smoking cessation products have replaced tobacco on the shelves.

The NIH has awarded a $14.7 million grant to a team developing a microbicide with an HIV-fighting protein they will cultivate in tobacco plant...

Smoking is detrimental to the immune systems of HIV-positive people taking antiretroviral therapy.

Its the largest U.S. pharmacy based on total prescription revenue.

A large study has found that smokers with well-controlled HIV lose far more years of life expectancy to cigarettes than to the virus.

People with HIV in a Veterans Administration (VA) cohort who quit smoking or who never smoked were at a lower risk for developing non-AIDS-rel...

Tobacco and alcohol interact negatively with efavirenz (found in Sustiva and Atripla) in people who are genetically predisposed to clear efavi...

Scientists hope that an HIV inhibitor they grew in tobacco could be used in a gel to prevent HIV transmission during sex, particularly among w...

I admit it right up front. I hate all tobacco. Second hand smoke killed my late husband,