Aug. 13 (UPI) --A new federal study is linking the ability to quit smoking with longer-term success from the grip of drug or alcohol addiction, as well. Scientists at the National Institutes of Health ...

Being addicted to ultraprocessed food is now more common than being addicted to alcohol or tobacco in older Americans, and women may be especially affected because of food items they were told were ...

Electronic cigarettes sounded like a good idea when they were developed in the early 2000s. Designed to heat and vaporize a solution of nicotine dissolved in propylene glycol or glycerol, electronic ...

A patient of mine, a veteran who had tried to quit smoking for over a decade, told me that after he started a GLP-1 drug for his diabetes, he lost interest in cigarettes. He didn’t use a patch. He ...

Lucas McClain started smoking cigarettes in high school but switched to vaping after he heard e-cigarettes were a safer alternative. His vape of choice became the Juul, the king of electronic ...

The percentage of American adults who smoke cigarettes has dropped to the lowest level ever recorded, according to a new study. About 9.9% of U.S. adults reported smoking cigarettes in 2024, a drop ...