Researchers have shown, for the first time, that a person’s beliefs about nicotine influences brain activity, producing a dose-dependent effect that was only thought to occur with pharmaceutical ...

While vaping has been touted by manufacturers as a safer smoking alternative, the public health community is careful to point ...

A new NHS drug is set to help thousands of people give up smoking. Varenicline – made by pharmaceutical company Teva UK – is a once-a-day pill which works by tackling nicotine cravings and is thought ...

Tobacco use among teens have fallen in the last couple years, but rates remain buoyed by the popularity of e-cigarettes. According to the CDC, roughly 1 in 4 high school students have reported using a ...

As the psychoactive ingredient in tobacco products — not to mention increasingly popular e-cigarettes for vaping — nicotine has long been associated with risk and danger. But now the addictive ...

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – A new study led by researchers at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine sheds light on the intricate interplay of brain regions involved in nicotine's effects ...

CLEVELAND -- Cool, Fresh, smooth, and soothing – these words describe the sensation people get consuming menthol-flavored tobacco. Menthol, derived from the peppermint plant, has long been associated ...

Dec. 12 (UPI) --Researchers have found a new reason to quit smoking. Not only does smoking destroy the heart and lungs, it also shrinks the brain. The study at the Washington University School of ...

Think you’re too old to quit smoking? Leaving behind cigarettes can be good for your cognitive abilities, hearing, seeing, ...

If you’re one of the millions of people who mix tobacco with cannabis — in a joint, a blunt, or a vape — your brain may be ...