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Louisiana experts in smoking cessation are looking to take on its next foe: vaping

In 2025, the state reported an all-time low for cigarette smoking, down to a rate of 15.7% of Louisiana adults. Louisiana ...

Opinion: Less than 10 percent now smoke, but we’re still far from finished

The harder question is what it will take to reach the people who are still smoking, and whether we’re ready for that.
STAT

Millions of Americans want to quit smoking. Critics say drugmakers and the FDA are failing them

WASHINGTON — Of the roughly 15 million Americans who tried to quit smoking in 2022, 5 in 6 failed. It’s a jarring statistic — and an indictment of the treatment options for an addiction that kills 480 ...
CNN

Popular weight-loss and diabetes medications show promise for curbing smoking, study suggests

A growing set of evidence suggests that using semaglutide could lead to decreased substance use, and a large new study shows a promising link between the medication and tobacco use. But experts ...

Chronic pain tied to almost twice the odds of smoking and vaping, survey shows

New research from the University of Kansas shows people who experience chronic pain tend to consume cigarettes and ...
Healio

Uptake of smoking cessation support high when offered at lung cancer screening

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Factors related to smoking (nicotine dependency, self-efficacy for quitting) impacted uptake of cessation ...
Healio

Integrated care ‘best treatment option’ for smoking cessation during lung cancer screening

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Integrated care of nicotine replacement, pharmacotherapy and counseling proved most durable for smoking ...
News Medical

Emergency departments prove fertile ground for smoking cessation success

In a recent study published in the Emergency Medicine Journal, researchers discuss the outcomes of the Cessation of Smoking Trial in the Emergency Department (COSTED) study, which aimed to understand ...

Smoking among people with type 2 diabetes is a major risk for early death: Study

Smoking among people living with type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a major driver of cardiovascular morbidity and premature mortality, ...

NFL Biosciences Presents Its 2025 Annual Results and Provides an Update on Its Clinical Progress Driven by a New Paradigm in Smoking Cessation

NFL BIOSCIENCES (Euronext Growth Paris – FR0014003XT0 – ALFNL), a biopharmaceutical company developing innovative botanical drugs for the treatment of addictions, today announces its financial results ...
Opinion

CAPHRA: Making NRTs Harder to Get is Public Health Madness

CAPHRA believes that India risks making it harder for people who smoke to quit if they initiate a restriction on nicotine gums and lozenges, whilst cigarettes and other tobacco products remain widely ...