Health experts caution against drinking too much, but alcohol is everywhere. Experts say the things that make us pour another ...

National Quitter’s Day falls on the second Friday of January, a point when many people give up on New Year’s resolutions. For ...

Nicotine, the addictive drug present in tobacco, is having a moment — and not just as the pleasurable buzz most people seek ...

Younger people are embracing old-fashioned smoking—maybe because they consider it the least hazardous thing happening in ...

Vape companies sell catchy flavors that entice children into purchasing addictive products. Here’s how Utah is taking a stand ...

A neuroscientist explains how highly processed foods may be key to “food addiction.” She also reveals some solutions ...

Janet Hoek receives funding from the Health Research Council of New Zealand, the Marsden Fund, NZ Cancer Society and NZ Heart Foundation. She is a member of the Health Coalition Aotearoa's smokefree ...

Nicotine addiction remains one of the most persistent public health challenges worldwide, driven by changes in the brain that reinforce repeated use and make quitting extremely difficult. For decades, ...

SPRINGFIELD — Matthew Fontaine-Dulude was a teenager when he first began vaping a Juul e-cigarette. That was seven years ago. The 22-year-old Holyoke man now is suing Juul Labs Inc., alleging the ...

Laura Oyler’s syndicated column “The Truth About Nicotine” in the Oct. 7 Albuquerque Journal argued for loosening regulations on noncombustible nicotine (e-cigarettes and nicotine pouches) because ...

In the quiet of a suburban pharmacy, a ‘would-be’ quitter might pause at the counter, comparing a stack of nicotine patches against the gleaming rows of vapes or cigarettes. The patch kit looks ...

Even as tobacco use around the world has continued to fall, the rates of individuals — especially young people — using nicotine-containing e-cigarettes and vapes have climbed significantly, according ...