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 ...

Nicotine-free vapes could be lying to their customers. Tests have revealed that some vape products which claim to omit nicotine actually contain the same amount of addictive substances as a ...

Have you or your kids tried ZYN? The nicotine pouches are small, smokeless and easy to hide, and college students told News4 that’s the point. “People like to take them before classes, to take them ...

"Kids' nicotine, adolescents' nicotine usage is going up. Vaping is going up, Juuling is going up," says Melissa Markegard, the Community Health Educator with Fargo Cass Public Health. North Dakota's ...

The idea seems simple enough. Preserve all the rituals of smoking: Light up a cigarette, inhale the smoke, including the nasty stuff that can kill you, and exhale. But remove most of the nicotine, the ...

Nicotine pouches are a fast-growing source of nicotine poisoning in young children, according to a new study. Researchers at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Ohio analyzed more than a decade’s worth ...

A recent study found that smoking an e-cigarette decreased the amount of oxygen being taken in by the lungs, regardless of whether it contained nicotine Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE.

Sarah Todd returned to reporting in January 2025 after being assignment editor at STAT since October 2022. You can reach Sarah on Signal at sarahlizchar.47. Many Americans take a dark view of nicotine ...