A new analysis of existing studies co-led by a University of Massachusetts Amherst public health researcher finds that ...

Dirty habits die hard. Slightly less dirty habits don’t go any easier. A new, worldwide review of smoking cessation from 2014 ...

A single dose of psilocybin, the active compound in magic mushrooms, appears significantly more effective than nicotine ...

I bought a vape stick in December 2015 to curb my social smoking habit. The result? Zero cigarettes smoked in 2016. But even though vape pens appear to be a much, much safer alternative to smoking, I ...

The fight to stamp out cigarettes may be heading in a mind-bending new direction. Research published this week found that a ...

Psilocybin, also known as “magic mushrooms,” may help smokers quit tobacco for the long term. Smokers who received psilocybin alongside CBT counseling were six times more likely to quit than those ...

Researchers now think nicotine patches could help the memory of people with early onset Alzheimer's disease and they're launching a study to find out. The University of Washington and Puget Sound VA ...

Could a substance in tobacco, possibly nicotine, lower the risk of patients who smoke from catching COVID-19? A report by The Guardian said French researchers, based on a study from a major Paris ...

Q: My brother is approaching 81 and is having difficulties with his memory. His doctor has prescribed donepezil. As far as I can tell, investigation on drugs that help with dementia and Alzheimer’s is ...

Expectant mothers who use nicotine during pregnancy could raise their baby's risk of crib death, according to a study using rats. Scientific evidence already suggests smoking cigarettes during ...

It is generally accepted that tobacco and nicotine in particular have an emetogenic effect. Most individuals experience nausea and diarrhoea with their first cigarette. A meta-analysis by Greenland et ...