Researchers found that cigarette smoke extract disrupted the lung cell barrier, increased IL-6 inflammation, and caused DNA ...

Nicotine, a potent insecticidal alkaloid unique to the nightshade family, has been employed in agriculture as a pesticide ...

UChicago PME researchers trace a new pathway of disruptive chemical messages that could help explain why heavy smokers face ...

A few US towns have banned cigarette sales to anyone born after a specific date, and several states are considering this path ...

The correlation between smoking and neurodegeneration is well-documented, with one study from 2011 finding heavy smoking in ...

Add another downside of lighting up to the list. The risks of smoking are well documented, from the fact that a single cigarette shortens your life to weed not actually helping anxiety or depression.

However, acting on these findings will place additional burdens on health systems, experts ...

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 ...

One early morning in June 2023, Trifosa Simamora was walking in the Finger Lakes National Forest, heading out to change the batteries and memory cards in the acoustic monitors she had set up to record ...

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 ...

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 ...