The nicotine found in tobacco stimulates the reward circuit, encouraging consumption and potentially leading to addiction. In a paper published in Neuron, scientists reveal how, in mice, a small ...

This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. For the better part of the past century, the case against nicotine was simple: Smoking a cigarette might feel ...

Experts are concerned that the pouches are another attempt by the tobacco industry to keep people addicted - Getty Last year, Jessica Kent, a doctor working in the department of emergency medicine at ...

The Biden administration is taking a bold step in the fight against tobacco addiction with a proposal from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) aimed at capping nicotine levels in cigarettes. This ...