Physicians who offer counseling on quitting cigarettes and alcohol during patient visits would get a 19% increase in ...

The ERISA Industry Committee argues that if a circuit court allows for the case to process, it would discourage the use of ...

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 study of 4.5 million adults found that former smokers who switched to e-cigarettes had a 56% higher lung cancer risk than those who quit entirely, highlighting the benefits of complete cessation.

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.

Smoking has many health risks ...

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 ...

While smoking is declining in many countries around the world, it is growing in Israel, rising in the last few years from one ...

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