Almost 20% of people in Wisconsin use tobacco and for those who want to quit in the new year, keeping the commitment can be ...

National Quitter’s Day falls on the second Friday of January, a point when many people give up on New Year’s resolutions. For ...

Has nicotine addiction finally met its match? Smoking is one of the most harmful habits to adopt because it can cause lung cancer, heart disease and several other dire health problems. Nevertheless, ...

“Smoking was my first love,” says Laura Marie, who lit her first cigarette at age 15. Despite seeing the effects of smoking up close — her grandmother died of emphysema, and her sister died of lung ...

2020 and 2021 were years we all wish never happened. Masks became the norm, and isolation the standard practice. Being socially distant and away from daily routines took its toll for many in recovery ...

Zyn is a popular brand of nicotine pouches (other popular brands include On!, Sesh and Velo). A nicotine pouch is a small bag that contains nicotine and some other ingredients, including flavoring, ...

Nicotine addiction remains one of the most persistent public health challenges worldwide, driven by changes in the brain that reinforce repeated use and make quitting extremely difficult. For decades, ...

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services awarded $830,000 in Vaping Prevention and Treatment Initiative grants to 13 organizations across the state. The grants are intended to address impacts of ...

The nicotine found in tobacco stimulates the reward circuit, encouraging consumption and potentially leading to addiction. In a paper published in Neuron, scientists reveal how, in mice, a small ...

Some tech companies, seeking to increase productivity, now offer free nicotine pouches to employees. Can nicotine actually ...