A groundbreaking study conducted by researchers at the University of Copenhagen has revealed that a drug created to treat diabetes and obesity could also hold promise in helping individuals overcome ...

They recruited 443 smokers to receive five telephone counseling sessions and nicotine replacement therapy by mail for four weeks, and then randomly assigned patients to one of two treatment groups: ...

New research shows that astrocytes play an active role in nicotine-induced brain changes, challenging the long-held neuron-centered view of addiction.

Has nicotine addiction finally met its match? Smoking is one of the most harmful habits to adopt because it can cause lung cancer, heart disease and several other dire health problems. Nevertheless, ...

Currently, 16.4% of adults in the U.S. use at least one tobacco or nicotine product such as cigarettes, e-cigarettes or nicotine pouches. Nicotine is extremely additive, so the American Lung ...

A study from Vanderbilt researchers has found that enhanced treatment support can help smokers who have more difficulty quitting because they are fast metabolizers of nicotine. The study published in ...

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 ...

Indiana's recent tobacco tax increase creates an opportunity to address the combined challenge of tobacco and opioid addiction. People with substance use disorders, including those in treatment for ...

As of July 1, the price of cigarettes and other tobacco products in Indiana just went up. Lawmakers approved an increase to the state’s tobacco tax — an important step toward reducing tobacco use ...