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A new study suggests that, for smokers who want to quit, e-cigarettes used in combination with smoking-cessation counseling may be more helpful than counseling alone. Most smokers say they want to ...

People who used e-cigarettes were more likely to kick the habit than those who didn't, a new study found. Nicotine patches, gums and medications are known to aid smoking cessation, but there's no ...

E-cigarettes that deliver a cigarette-like amount of nicotine are associated with reduced smoking and reduced exposure to tobacco-related pulmonary carcinogen NNAL. This is, according to a new study ...

Smoking is cool again. Who would have thought? Just when many thought smoking was on the decline, with stomach-churning advertisements of charred lungs on public television and the preeminence of ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 28 million Americans smoke tobacco (11% of US adults). 68% of smokers want to quit, and 55% of smokers have tried at least ...

CHICAGO — The 15-year-old Smoke-Free Illinois Act, which makes most indoor public spaces off-limits for smoking, now governs electronic cigarettes as well after Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday signed ...

Nicotine e-cigarettes are more effective in helping people quit smoking than conventional nicotine-replacement therapy (NRT), according to the latest Cochrane review co-led by a University of ...

A new study finds people who use both vape and smoke traditional cigarettes are unlikely to completely switch to e-cigs. The majority of people in the study thought vaping was less harmful than ...

Vincent Van Gogh, "Skull with a Burning Cigarette," Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, circa 1885. Source: WikimediaCommons.org/Public Domain They come in “Cherry Crush ...