(Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photos: Pierre Suu/GC Images via Getty Images, Alena Zakirova/Getty Images, COBRA TEAM - Pino/BACKGRID) Smoking was supposed to be on its way out — not completely gone ...

It’s something that would have seemed impossible just a few decades ago, but somehow, smoking a cigarette has become thoroughly uncool. Research out this week shows how the smoking rate in America has ...

The percentage of American adults who smoke cigarettes has dropped to the lowest level ever recorded, according to a new study. About 9.9% of U.S. adults reported smoking cigarettes in 2024, a drop ...

Women are as willing as men to quit smoking; however, their motivation patterns differ, and they are more likely to seek help through smoking cessation consultations. Evidence from the literature and ...

The long-running campaign against smoking could find reinforcements from the new wave of research into psychedelics. Though much of the attention around psychedelics has focused on depression and ...

That first cigarette can lead to a lifetime of dependency, as well as cancer, strokes, heart attacks … Here’s why smokers crave their nicotine hit – and how they can fight back Smoking is bad for you ...

Though much of the attention around psychedelics has focused on depression and other mental health conditions, researchers believe these substances also hold the potential to transform addiction ...

The fight to stamp out cigarettes may be heading in a mind-bending new direction. Research published this week found that a single dose of a trendy psychedelic drug may be more effective than nicotine ...

A growing number of U.S. adults consider electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) more harmful than conventional cigarettes. The findings, by researchers from the UT Southwestern Medical Center and ...

Assistant Professor in Public Health, School of Medicine, Health Research Institute, University of Limerick When e-cigarettes first appeared around 2010, they were hailed as a breakthrough: nicotine ...

A new study, published in JAMA Network Open, reports the outcome of a clinical trial out of Johns Hopkins University assessing the effectiveness of psilocybin as a treatment for smokers attempting to ...