Smoking cessation is linked to a lower dementia risk in older adults, though postcessation weight gain can attenuate these cognitive benefits.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
Tobacco use has declined by 27% since 2010, highlighting the positive impact of stronger tobacco control measures and public ...
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 ...
The Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking Cessation, released in January 2020, proved that smoking cessation is beneficial at any age. It reduces risks of premature death and can add as much as a decade ...
A study of 4.5 million adults found that former smokers who switched to e-cigarettes had a 56% higher lung cancer risk than ...
The C.D.C.’s tobacco control office has been shut for more than a year. After its most prominent antismoking campaign went ...
The use of smoking cessation medications during the first trimester of pregnancy posed no greater risk for major congenital malformations (MCMs) in infants than smoking, based on a meta-analysis of ...
Should you quit smoking before alcohol, or the other way around? A nephrologist explains why there is no one-size-fits-all ...