While the percentage of teens who vape peaked around 2019 and has since declined, an important shift has occurred in that ...

Discovery of a natural regulatory mechanism for nicotine addiction. In a study published in the journal , scientists focused on a small brain region called the interpeduncular nucleus (IPN).

More information: Yuika Okura et al, Switching of Protonation Sites in Hydrated Nicotine via a Grotthuss Mechanism, Journal of the American Chemical Society (2024). DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c08922.

Although nicotine appears to be the beneficial ingredient, the precise mechanism of action remains unclear. As the cause of ulcerative colitis remains unknown there is much opportunity for ...

People with mental health conditions, for example, might react poorly to cigarettes with less nicotine because they use them as a coping mechanism. “If the government decides that we’re going to set a ...

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), over 22% of the global population smokes, with more than 9 million smoking-related deaths reported annually.

Nicotine suppresses appetite by activating specific receptors in the brain that tell the body it is not hungry, ... This mechanism is thought to be related to the 'fight or flight' response, ...

The exact mechanism of why nicotine withdrawal causes headaches still isn’t known, but it may have to do with nicotine’s effect on pain processing in your brain.

With $35 million in funding, Qnovia hopes its device will become the first new prescription nicotine replacement therapy in 20 years. Six years ago, in a townhouse in Santa Monica, Mario Danek ...

Johnpaul began using nicotine pouches to help him get off vapes – but says it just led to another addiction. At one stage he was using 15 pouches a day, although the 16-year-old has now cut back ...