As a physician, I witness the subtle signs of nicotine use daily. I walk through clouds of sweet-smelling smoke from vape pens as I enter the grocery store. At traffic lights, I glance over to see ...

Nicotine is the drug that keeps people coming back to cigarettes, but not the substance that causes serious health effects in people who use tobacco. It is the tar and toxic chemical mix in tobacco ...

A massive spike in young children accidentally ingesting nicotine pouches has alarmed poison control researchers, with a 763% rise reported between 2020 and 2023. Unlike other nicotine products, these ...

My father died from a smoking-related disease. As a physician, I have seen versions of his story repeated too many times: ...

This one comes with the classic twist – a bad news along with good one. Smoking rates have generally declined since the 1960s, in 2022, approximately 11.6% of US adults were current cigarette smokers, ...

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