Almost 20% of people in Wisconsin use tobacco and for those who want to quit in the new year, keeping the commitment can be ...

“Smoking was my first love,” says Laura Marie, who lit her first cigarette at age 15. Despite seeing the effects of smoking up close — her grandmother died of emphysema, and her sister died of lung ...

2020 and 2021 were years we all wish never happened. Masks became the norm, and isolation the standard practice. Being socially distant and away from daily routines took its toll for many in recovery ...

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, ...

Zyn is a popular brand of nicotine pouches (other popular brands include On!, Sesh and Velo). A nicotine pouch is a small bag that contains nicotine and some other ingredients, including flavoring, ...

This article is part of a series from Medscape on vaping. Every day, Sonia Sharma, PA, meets people like Natalie H., who is trying to quit vaping. Natalie, a member of the nicotine addiction support ...

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, ...

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services awarded $830,000 in Vaping Prevention and Treatment Initiative grants to 13 organizations across the state. The grants are intended to address impacts of ...

At Palantir Technologies, nicotine startups Lucy and Sesh have installed branded vending machines inside the company’s ...

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 ...

A newly discovered brain circuit may explain why women tend to become hooked on nicotine more quickly than men. Smoking remains a leading cause of preventable disease and death in the United States, ...