Nicotine vaping among adolescents and young adults has reached an urgent turning point: in 2024 it became the most commonly initiated drug, yet treatment options for young people who want to quit remain scarce. Complicating the picture, a 2022 Drug and Alcohol Dependence study found that roughly half of young people who vape nicotine also use cannabis — but until now, the impact of that dual use on quitting success was unclear.

A new clinical trial from Mass General Brigham offers encouraging news. In a study of 261 participants aged 16 to 25, researchers found that varenicline — a medication used to help people stop using nicotine — improved vaping cessation outcomes regardless of whether participants also used cannabis. The findings are published in JAMA Network Open.

“We need to increase use of nicotine vaping cessation treatment by young people, and we know that cannabis use is widespread in this population,” said first author Jodi Gilman, PhD, Director of Neuroscience for the Center for Addiction Medicine in the Mass General Brigham Department of Psychiatry. “It’s fantastic news that cannabis use doesn’t appear to be a barrier to successful vaping cessation with varenicline treatment, and we can use our findings to inform screening, treatment, planning, and public health messaging moving forward.”

The results come from a randomized clinical trial in which regular nicotine vapers were assigned to receive varenicline, placebo, or usual care over a 12-week period. All participants also had access to a nicotine cessation support text app.

For this analysis, researchers grouped participants by past-month cannabis use: 28% reported no use, 38% used one to three days per week, and 30% used four to seven days per week. Contrary to the authors’ initial hypothesis, cannabis use did not reduce the likelihood of achieving nicotine vaping abstinence. Odds of quitting were similar across all levels of cannabis use, and varenicline was linked to higher rates of vaping abstinence than behavioral support alone. The medication did not change rates of cannabis use.

The authors suggest future research should evaluate integrated interventions that target both nicotine and cannabis co-use to see if combined approaches offer additional benefit.

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Industry sources and trade officials say the U.S. government’s newly announced 15% tariff on select Nicaraguan imports is not expected to apply to cigars. The tariffs, announced as part of a U.S. Trade Representative investigation into Nicaragua’s human rights violations, will apply only to goods that aren’t covered by the CAFTA-DR trade agreement. CAFTA-DR protections should shield qualifying Nicaraguan cigars that meet the agreement’s “Rules of Origin.”

The tariff will be phased in: 0% additional in 2026, 10% in 2027, and 15% in 2028. Those increases would be on top of an existing 18% Trump-era tariff that remains tied up in litigation. If both measures end up applying, some products could face a combined 33% tariff by 2028, though cigars are widely expected to remain exempt so long as CAFTA-DR protections stand.

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GREENVILLE COUNTY, S.C. (FOX Carolina) — Law enforcement made a large seizure Tuesday in an investigation tied to the distribution of illegal marijuana products after complaints that high-school-aged children were using similar items.

The county’s multi-jurisdictional drug enforcement unit executed two search warrants at Panthers Distribution on Woodruff Road and V-Go on Park Woodruff Drive. Officials say they seized more than 1,850 pounds of marijuana and $530,000.

Deputies are still combing through evidence, and criminal charges are possible against a number of individuals.

The sheriff’s office said the operation was a coordinated effort that included the 13th Circuit Solicitor’s Office and police departments from Greenville, Greer, Mauldin, Simpsonville, Fountain Inn and Travelers Rest.

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Bangladesh’s three biggest tobacco firms — British American Tobacco, Philip Morris, and JT International — issued a rare joint statement criticizing the government’s plan to fast-track amendments to the Tobacco Control Act without broad stakeholder consultation. The companies said several provisions in the draft ordinance lack an evidence base and would have “far-reaching, negative consequences” for the economy, tax revenue, foreign investment and the millions of people who depend on the industry.

They warned that proposed ingredient bans could halt cigarette production, while new retail licensing rules might disrupt sales for about 1.5 million small retailers and threaten the livelihoods of roughly 150,000 tobacco farmers. The firms also cautioned that banning smokeless nicotine and tobacco products would remove alternatives for adult consumers and likely expand an already growing illicit market, citing experiences in India and Australia.

Industry leaders urged the government to re-engage manufacturers, farmers, retailers and other affected groups, noting that reforms in 2005 worked because they emerged from inclusive dialogue. With tobacco tax revenue growth slowing and the sector supporting an estimated 4.4 million livelihoods, the companies called for a “balanced and comprehensive solution” to avoid unintended economic and public-health setbacks.

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