Misperceptions about nicotine abound. Nicotine is not the main cancer-causing component in cigarettes; still, many believe it ...

A review published in Addiction looks at what interventions have been effective in changing the perception of how harmful ...

People using e-cigarettes to quit smoking found them to be less helpful than more traditional smoking cessations aids, a new study found. People using e-cigarettes to quit smoking found them to be ...

This is as opposed to several types of nicotine-replacement therapies, including "nicotine gum" and "nicotine patches," which have been approved by the FDA as quit-smoking aids.

“Although nicotine replacement therapy (NRT), varenicline, and bupropion are effective pharmacologic aids for smoking cessation in the general population, we don’t have robust evidence ...

Since January 2024, only 0.2% of people trying to quit smoking have used it (the same proportion that used it in 2018, when ...

Among daily vapers, 20.9% had quit smoking for at least 12 months by 2021. In contrast, 14.3% of non-vapers had quit, and only 12.6% of non-daily vapers had done so.