Special attention is given to the paediatric addiction crisis, driven by flavoured products and aggressive marketing, and to the misleading narrative of safer nicotine. This paper appears at a critical regulatory turning point: the European Commissions revised Tobacco Taxation Directive (July 2025), which for the first time introduces minimum excise duties on e-liquids, heated tobacco, and nicotine pouches
How to discuss smoking without seeming didactic Conclusions References Addressing concerns about smoking cessation and mental health: theoretical review and practical guide for healthcare professionals Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 September 2020 Summary LEARNING OBJECTIVES Background Understanding cognitivebehavioural therapy principles Linking mood and other mental health symptoms with smoking using a CBT model Integrating CBT principles for smoking and mental health into routine care Understanding links between tobacco use and mental health problems Can smokers cope without tobacco
Findings show that some new mothers need more support in order to remain abstinent This study provided invaluable insight into the length of time it takes a woman to metabolize the THC in her body after birth, but it also helped us understand why mothers use marijuana in the first place, said Maya Bunik, MD, MPH, medical director of the Child Health Clinic and the Breastfeeding Management Clinic at Childrens Colorado
These harmful constituents in tobacco smoke can cause squamous metaplasia in which normal columnar olfactory epithelium is replaced by squamous epithelium
Still, fewer young adults smoke or vape today than smoked cigarettes two decades ago, before e-cigarettes became widely available
