E-Cigarettes are indeed dangerous. The United States Surgeon General finally published a report and created a website on e-cigarette dangers in December 2016. It was not until May 2016 when the United States Food and Drug Administration finally created regulations
Human papilloma virus (HPV) is now the leading cause of head and neck cancers, according to Dr. Timothy Kelley, the Director of the Head and Neck Program and an oncological surgeon at Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian in Newport Beach, California,
In an article posted yesterday by Reuters, the World Health Organization (WHO) is urging governments worldwide to increase the tax on tobacco products to make the tax burden over 75% of the cost of the these products. There are currently
According to the ADA News, June 1, 2015 issue, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rejected a petition to label smokeless tobacco products as safer than cigarettes on May 11, 2015. Currently and in the past, all packages of smokeless
The popularity of e-cigarettes is sky-rocketing. Over 2 million middle and high school students report using these. Over the past three years, the number of youth using e-cigarettes has tripled. Moreover, in the United States, the retail sales of e-cigarettes
Since 2002, according to Claire Altschuler within an article in the May 2015 issue of the AGD Impact magazine, some research has shown that the number of former smokers in the United States has been greater than the number
In the early to mid 1990’s, many of us recall that over 40 states filed lawsuits against the tobacco industry and won. The dangers of tobacco use were substantiated. However, since then, tobacco use in other forms have been “enjoyed”
Some may wonder why it is important to screen for oral cancer. We may not hear of it very often. It is not highly publicized. However, oral cancer is the 11th cause of cancer deaths. The early detection of oral
There has been more talk recently about root canals. In some circles there is the idea that root canals should never be done. Some research which has not been well-proven suggests that there is a link between root canal therapy
