US preventive services taskforce’s members have not issued binding recommendations since March 2025 ...

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 ...

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 ...

General practitioners (GPs) who smoke are less likely to advise their patients to quit, new research from Federation ...

While smoking rates in the United States have substantially declined over the past six decades, smoking remains high among people with low incomes, leading to health disparities. A smartphone app that ...

The C.D.C.’s tobacco control office has been shut for more than a year. After its most prominent antismoking campaign went ...

IQWiG has now published its final benefit assessment of bupropion, cytisine, nicotine and varenicline for smoking cessation, also in combination with each other, compared with no drug therapy.

Smoking cessation is linked to a lower dementia risk in older adults, though postcessation weight gain can attenuate these cognitive benefits.

LOS ANGELES — Treating nicotine addiction with glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) was associated with less weight gain compared with other smoking cessation treatments such as ...

A study of 4.5 million adults found that former smokers who switched to e-cigarettes had a 56% higher lung cancer risk than ...

Should you quit smoking before alcohol, or the other way around? A nephrologist explains why there is no one-size-fits-all ...

Experts emphasize the need for safer nicotine alternatives in India to supplement existing tobacco-control measures, inspired ...