For the first time, the World Health Organization has released a set of guidelines to help the 750 million tobacco users across the globe who want to break the habit. The recommendations urge health ...

E-cigarettes are more effective than traditional methods like patches and gum for quitting smoking, according to a new study.

A new overview of the best available evidence worldwide for smoking cessation has found that nicotine‑containing e‑cigarettes appear to be more effective for smoking cessation than other interventions ...

When I was in medical training in the 1970s, 40 percent of adults in the U.S. smoked cigarettes. There were cigarette vending machines everywhere, cigarettes cost a low 40 cents per pack, making teen ...

School of Nursing researcher Eunhee Park has received a $745,000 grant from the National Cancer Institute to develop a digital system to prevent e-cigarette use among adolescents. Park’s work centers ...

The Anchorage School Board is aiming to keep students from getting addicted to tobacco and nicotine with a slate of policy updates. Students are already prohibited from using tobacco products on ...

New Study Suggests: Ultra-Processed Foods 'Encourage Addiction' and Should Be Regulated ...

Addiction has long been seen as something to be hidden, stigmatized, or explained away as a personal failing. But addiction ...

Researchers analyze 2.2 million genomes to show that addiction risk is primarily driven by broad genes affecting brain wiring and impulse control, not drug-specific traits.