Research and Quitting Tobacco

GASP keeps you on top of tobacco control news and issues by posting smokefree news stories. GASP was mentioned in or was interviewed for the 2024 stories marked with an asterisk (*) below.

• 03-10-16:

  Listen to WRNJ Newsline interview GASP about Kick Butts Day (WRNJ Radio, Joyce Estey)

• 01-25-16:

  CDC airs new ads on quitting smoking

• 01-25-16:

  NYU Researchers show danger to hookah lounge workers from secondhand smoke exposure (NYU press release)

• 01-19-16:

  UPMC Study Shows the Dangers of Smoking Hookah (CBS Pittsburgh, James Garrity)

• 01-19-16:

  Study shows a NJ smoker spends $1.2 million over lifetime related to their smoking (NJ 101.5 reporter Louis Hochman, Wallet Hub reporter Richie Bernardo)

• 01-11-16:

  Hookah smoke is higher levels of tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide, compared to cigarettes (University of Pittsburgh)

• 01-05-16:

  Exposure to Electronic Cigarette Advertising Among Middle School and High School Students — United States, 2014 (CDC Vital Signs MMWR)

• 12-29-15:

  San Diego State University to study thirdhand smoke in homes (San Diego State University)

• 12-21-15:

  CDC Report: Preventing and Reducing Illicit Tobacco Trade in the United States (CDC)

• 12-16-15:

  Associations between lifetime tobacco exposure with infertility and age at natural menopause: the Women’s Health Initiative Observational Study (Tobacco Control Journal)

• 12-08-15:

  New report shows NJ ranks last for funding tobacco control programs (Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids press release)

• 12-08-15:

  The Truth Initiative publishes its report on achieving health equity in tobacco control.

• 12-03-15:

  Thirdhand smoke contamination in hospital settings: assessing exposure risk for vulnerable paediatric patients (Tobacco Control Journal)

• 11-23-15:

  Proposed federal budget to cut tobacco control spending (NY Times Editorial Board)

• 11-18-15:

  Smokeless Tobacco More Toxic Than Cigarettes, Study Says (TIMES)

• 11-13-15:

  Adult smoking rates decline in U.S. (MMWR report)

• 10-29-15:

  State Medicaid Coverage for Tobacco Cessation Treatments and Barriers to Coverage (CDC)

• 10-29-15:

  Increase in death rates due to smoking in China (South China Morning Post, Alberto Lucas Lopez)

• 10-28-15:

  Link between hookah smoking and oral health problems (American Dental Association) 

• 10-26-15:

  American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends age 21 to be sold tobacco and e-cigarettes (AAP press release)

• 10-11-15:

  World Health Organization urges China to curb smoking rates (WHO, Wu, Linlin)

• 09-30-15:

  2014 National Youth Tobacco Survey Finds 7 out of 10 Students who use tobacco also use flavored tobacco or e-cigarettes (September 30, 2015 MMWR Report on CDC studies)

• 09-28-15:

  Additional funding awarded to further investigate the link between thirdhand smoke and cancer (University of California, Julia Chao)

• 09-28-15:

  Tobacco Exposure Linked to Behavioral Problems in Children (University Herald)

• 09-14-15:

  R.J. Reynolds Hit with $34.7M Verdict for Family of Air Force Sergeant who died of Cancer (ABAJournal.com, Victor Li)

• 09-09-15:

  Teens Find New Use for E-Cigarette: Vaping Marijuana (USA Today, Christine Rushton)

• 09-04-15:

  American Association of Family Physicians Requests FDA Require Warnings On Liquid Nicotine And Require Child-Resistant Packaging (AAFP)

• 09-02-15:

  Center for Environmental Health’s study found high levels of cancer-causing chemicals in e-cigarettes (CEH)

• 09-01-15:

  China bans tobacco ads in public places and to minors (WHO, Press release)

• 08-31-15:

  Study Finds E-Cigarette Liquid Lethal to Children if Ingested (Astro Awani Network News)

• 08-27-15:

  FDA takes action against three tobacco manufacturers for making “additive-free” and/or “natural” claims on cigarette labeling (Michael Felberbaum)

• 08-26-15:

  Teens who use e-cigarettes are more likely to start smoking regular tobacco. (JAMA)

• 08-10-15:

  E-cigarette use by youth leads to cigarette smoking (Tobacco Control Journal)

• 07-06-15:

  CDC study finds 75% of adults in favor of raising the age to 21 for tobacco sales

• 07-01-15:

  Parents Unaware of Negative Health Effects from Hookah Smoking (Daedalus Enterprises Respiratory Care Journal)

• 06-23-15:

  More teens using e-cigs and hookahs (Health Day, Mary Elizabeth Dallas)

• 06-22-15:

  FDA reports increase in incident reports from non-using consumers on Electronic Smoking Devices

• 06-17-15:

  Needham, Massachussetts 10-year study shows drop in teen smoking after raising tobacco age of sale to 21 in 2005.

• 06-11-15: *

  S2988 would allow smoking in a proposed private research facility (The Star-Ledger, Reporter Matt Friedman)

• 06-10-15:

  Reuters survey finds dual use of traditional smoking and e-cigarette vaping (Reuters, Jilian Mincer)

• 06-06-15:

  Royal College of Physicians reports on dangers of shisha smoking

• 06-04-15:

  Oxford Journal Study Shows Effect of a Digital Social Media Campaign on Young Adult Smoking Cessation

• 05-16-15:

  University of Texas study finds 25% of college smokers using e-cigarettes

• 05-01-15:

  Russia offers smoking cessation to combat high smoking rates amongst women and young people

• 04-30-15:

  Study shows senior citizens benefit from quitting smoking

• 04-19-15:

  Second-Hand Smoke: Are Your Plants Passive Smokers?

• 04-18-15:

  Study: E-cigarettes may cause cancer-like cell growth

• 04-16-15:

  CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) releases 2014 National Youth Tobacco Survey results

• 04-16-15:

  Use of E-Cigarettes Rises Sharply Among Teenagers, Report Says

• 04-13-15:

  Smokers at 1.5 times higher diabetes risk

• 04-11-15:

  Addiction Links Between Alcohol, Tobacco, and Marijuana

• 04-02-15: *

  N.J. Marketplace Insurers Don’t Deliver Full Suite of Anti-Smoking Drugs (NJ Spotlight, Reporter Andrew Kitchenman)

• 04-02-15:

  Exposure to tobacco smoke makes the bacteria MRSA more aggressive

• 03-27-15:

  Federal Trade Commission report shows tobacco industry spent $9.6 billion per year to market/advertise cigarettes (FTC press release) 

• 03-27-15:

  FTC Releases Reports on 2012 Cigarette and Smokeless Tobacco Sales and Marketing Expenditures

• 03-16-15:

  American Journal of Preventive Medicine study concludes nicotine is harmful to adolescent brain development, concern with e-cigarette use

• 03-12-15:

  IOM concludes raising age of tobacco sales to 21 saves lives

• 03-11-15:

  UK votes to ban cigarette pack branding, industry threatens legal action

• 03-06-15:

  Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine Publishes Guidance to Employers on Integrating E-Cigarettes/Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems Into Tobacco Worksite Policy

• 03-02-15:

  Smoking increases the risk of breast cancer by 30% in women age 55+

• 02-26-15:

  Smoking increases risk of 13+ cancers; smoking accounts for 20% of U.S. deaths per year

• 02-10-15:

  Cigarette smoking and thinning of the brain’s cortex

• 02-09-15:

  Increased risk of diabetes to daughters exposed to tobacco smoke in utero

• 02-03-15:

  CDC Vital Signs and MMR report focuses on second-hand smoke

• 01-20-15:

  Lifetime of smoking costs a smoker $1.4 million

• 12-26-14:

  Study Links The Liquid Used In E-cigarettes To An Increased Risk Of Viral Infections

• 12-10-14:

  Government anti-smoking campaign cost just $480 per quitter, study finds

• 11-16-14:

  Secondhand marijuana smoke impairs blood vessel functioning

• 11-04-14:

  Surgeon General’s Guide to Smoking and Diabetes

• 11-01-14:

  No retail impact if tobacco sale age raised to 21, as per American Journal of Public Health

• 09-16-14: *

  WMBC-TV reports on smoking rates in N.J. and N.Y. (TV, WMBC-TV, Reporter Lisa Voyticki)

• 09-11-14:

  Tobacco Manufacturers Settlement Money In Hands of Investors Not States

• 09-04-14:

  Study Done On Exposure To Secondhand Smoke In Smokefree Buildings

• 09-03-14:

  CVS goes tobacco-free 1 month ahead of schedule

• 08-01-14:

  Comparative effects between electronic and cigarette smoke in human keratinocytes and epithelial lung cells (Toxicology in Vitro)

• 07-19-14:

  Smoker’s widow awarded billions in suit against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco

• 06-26-14:

  Tony Gwynn contributed to tobacco awareness film weeks before his death (ABC 10 News)

• 06-06-14:

  NJ should forbid tobacco sales until age 21: Editorial

• 05-22-14: *

  Cape May Restaurant Adopts Smokefree Policy for Staff

• 05-20-14:

  College Hill News story on tobacco control advocate Cindy Meakem

• 05-15-14:

  Pallone Calls on Pharmacies to Follow CVS’s Lead and Stop Selling Tobacco Products

• 04-06-14:

  Casual Marijuana Use Linked to Brain Abnormalities

• 04-01-14:

  The Shocking Cost of Smoking: Editorial

• 03-29-14:

  Cigarettes are leading cause of NJ fire deaths from 2007–2012 (The Star Ledger)

• 03-27-14:

  Report on NJ County Health Rankings

• 03-24-14:

  Smoking Growing Habit of The Poor and The Working Class (The New York Times)

• 03-16-14:

  Major third-hand smoke compound causes DNA damage — and potentially cancer (Science Codex)

• 03-14-14:

  Twenty-eight State Attorneys General ask stores to stop selling tobacco, and follow CVS’ decision (Time)

• 02-24-14:

  Celebrate World No Tobacco Day on May 31, 2014

• 02-24-14:

  Following New York City, two additional states, Colorado and Utah, are considering raising the tobacco age to 21 (FoxPhilly.com, Associated Press)

• 02-14-14:

  Sochi Olympic Games and Park are tobacco-free, according to the World Health Organization (WHO)

• 02-13-14:

  2014 Winter Olympics is Biggest Smokefree Event in Russia (Bloomberg)

• 02-05-14: *

  National pharmacy retailer, CVS Caremark, announced that they will no longer sell tobacco products effective October 1st (1 Earned Media)

• 02-04-14:

  Tobacco stores will be limited to Route 46 in Garfield

• 02-02-14:

  The 2014 U.S. Surgeon General’s Report concludes that cigarette smoking is the cause of many other cancers and chronic diseases

• 01-23-14:

  Tobacco 21 — An Idea Whose Time Has Come

• 01-17-14:

  Surgeon general adds to list of smoking’s harms (Yahoo)

• 01-14-14: *

  BD Movers Launches Smoke-Free Moving for Residential, Business and Commercial Clients (2 Earned Media)

• 01-08-14:

  Study estimates 8 million U.S. deaths prevented since Surgeon General’s 1964 smoking report (CBS News)

• 12-13-13:

  Tobacco firms’ strategy limints poorer nations’ smoking laws (The New York Times)

• 10-31-13:

  Horror inducing Halloween masks portray the effects of smoking (HealthExpress)

• 10-30-13:

  Smokers With Behavioral Health Comorbidity Should Be Designated a Tobacco Use Disparity Group (American Journal of Public Health)

• 08-15-13:

  New Study shows pervasiveness of cigars and cigarillos in African-American neighborhoods (American Legacy Association)

• 07-09-13:

  Tobacco Control Policies around the globe will prevent premature death (U.S. News & World Report)

• 06-25-13:

  Why Smoking Rates Are at New Lows (The New York Times)

• 06-20-13:

  American Cancer Society Chides New Jersey For Lack of Anti-Smoking Spending (CBS)

• 06-03-13:

  Study finds extra cost of hiring smoker just under $6000 (College of Public Health & Moritz College of Law, The Ohio State University)

• 05-31-13:

  Russian smoking ban goes into effect on June 1 (BBC News)

• 05-21-13:

  New study shows smoking does not stay in smoking-allowed hotel rooms

• 05-16-13: *

  New York and New Jersey join forces to raise tobacco age of sale to 21

• 05-16-13:

  New York and New Jersey Join Forces to Raise Tobacco Age of Sale to 21

• 05-10-13:

  Ban tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship is 2013 World No Tobacco Day theme

• 03-26-13:

  Cigarette Relighting Tied to Tough Economy (NJToday.net)

• 03-25-13:

  South Jersey counties included in American Cancer Society study

• 03-06-13:

  Smokers Create Long-Lasting Damage (UCR Today)

• 03-03-13:

  NJ Assembly bill introduced to ban tobacco use at college campuses

• 02-22-13:

  Latinos and other minority groups at risk if recent funding declines not reversed (National Latino Tobacco Control Network)

• 12-01-12:

  Affordable Care Act allows employers to offer big financial incentives for reduced tobacco use (The New York Times)

• 11-30-12:

  Federal initiative aims to reduce cardiac risk factors (The Million Hearts)

• 11-20-12:

  Studies show that smoking bans save lives (TIME)

• 08-17-12:

  A World Health Organization survey of a 1/4 million people around the world estimates 1 billion deaths this century attributed to smoking (TIME)

• 08-17-12:

  World Health Organization (WHO) survey shows tobacco could kill a billion people around the world in this century

• 07-30-12:

  New York City smoking rates have fallen after ten years of the smoking ban for bars and restaurants (NewsDay)

• 05-02-12:

  World smoking deaths triple over decade (Tobacco Atlas)

• 05-02-12:

  May is Asthma Awareness Month

• 03-14-12:

  Higher tobacco taxes might lower teen smoking rates (The Star Ledger)

• 01-15-12:

  Turkish Parliamentary Health Commission Chairman proposes a bill to shut down hookah cafes (Today’s Zaman)

• 01-11-12:

  New book makes case for abolishing addictive tobacco products (Stanford Report)

• 01-10-12:

  More companies are hiring non-smokers only (USA Today)

• 12-13-11:

  New Book entitled, Golden Holocaust: Origins of the Cigarette Catastrophe and the Case for Abolition (The Stanford Report)

• 09-28-11:

  Report finds less than a penny of every dollar New Jersey raises from tobacco goes to smoking prevention and cessation (NJ.Com)

• 08-16-11:

  Study Finds Menthol Smokers Have a Harder Time Quitting (The Star Ledger)

• 06-15-11:

  New Jersey’s free nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) offer to Quitline patients is a huge success

• 05-11-11:

  Celebrate World No Tobacco Day on May 31, 2011

• 12-20-10:

  Smoking while using oxygen tanks is dangerous (NJ.Com)

• 12-09-10:

  New U.S. Surgeon General’s Report concludes that even occasional exposure to tobacco smoke is harmful and damage is immediate

• 11-30-10:

  Secondhand smoke study shows more than 600,000 killed annually worldwide (The New York Times)

• 10-30-10:

  Study measures thirdhand smoke left in residential apartments when smoker moves out (San Diego State University)

• 10-27-10:

  NJ Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. calls for ban on smokeless tobacco on the field and in the dugout, during 2010 World Series

• 09-28-10:

  Study raises health concerns of smokeless tobacco (Circulation, the Journal of the American Heart Association)

• 09-15-10: Action

  Passaic County walk to be tobacco free on Saturday, November 14 at 9AM

• 09-13-10:

  Editorial supports smokefree policies and warns of increased smoking rates (Philadelphia Inquirer)

• 09-07-10:

  U.S. CDC report concludes that, “Sustained, adequately funded comprehensive tobacco control programs could reduce adult smoking.”

• 08-30-10:

  Medicare expands coverage to help elderly smokers quit (Associated Press)

• 07-23-10:

  UN Council adopts resolution on tobacco use to protect women and children

• 06-02-10:

  Study shows gene mutations in cancerous lung tumor of heavy smoker (AOL News)

• 05-22-10:

  Hispanic Community event to raise awareness on smoking cessation

• 03-17-10:

  Study shows smokers who quit see improved artery health within year (JSOnline.Com)

• 01-20-10:

  Free Nicorette starter packs offered to participants of Legacy’s EX® program

• 12-16-09:

  World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that secondhand smoke kills 600,000 people every year

• 11-03-09:

  November is American Diabetes Month

• 10-23-09: Action

  Passaic County walk to be tobacco free on Saturday, November 14 at 9AM

• 10-16-09:

  Institute of Medicine report concludes smoking bans reduce heart attacks (Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Cardiovascular Effects)

• 09-23-09:

  Fatty liver deposits attributed to secondhand tobacco smoke (Journal of Hepatology)

• 06-22-09:

  The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (a.k.a. FDA Regulations HR 1256)

• 05-31-09: Action

  May 31 marks World No Tobacco Day

• 05-28-09:

  Free lung screenings to study health effects of secondhand smoke