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Why did Swedish nicotine pouches become the go-to fix for blasting through long working days and longer nights out?

Why did Swedish nicotine pouches become a generation's go-to fix for blasting through long work days and longer nights out?

TSET Executive Director Julie Bisbee provides details on getting eight weeks of free gum, patches or lozenges, and services through the Oklahoma Tobacco Helpline.

Jake Waterworth, a pupil at Park Road Sale Primary School, won a competition to design an 'eye-catching poster' ...

Experts are warning of the dangers of an addictive tobacco product that has been found to be prevalent among professional football players. A new study suggests that around one in five professional ...

Doctors weigh in on the new entrant into the self-care domain, the wellness patch, that has found its spot in Katrina Kaif ...

Oklahoma's Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust is offering additional resources to people accessing the state's helpline ...

The Oklahoma Tobacco Helpline, a program of the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust, is offering Oklahomans thinking about quitting tobacco a boost this February. All month long, Oklahomans ...

South Africa’s adult smoking rate was 31 percent as recently as 1990, so the situation is definitely improving ...

VAPES are considered significantly less harmful than cigarettes. And they’re great tools for helping smokers desperate to ...

Cigarette smoke contains over 7,000 chemicals, and smoking can cause serious health problems including cancer, and heart and ...