WASHINGTON — Of the roughly 15 million Americans who tried to quit smoking in 2022, 5 in 6 failed. It’s a jarring statistic — and an indictment of the treatment options for an addiction that kills 480 ...

Many teens who vape want to quit. A recent clinical trial suggests that a drug used to stop smoking can help. In the last four weeks of a 12-week trial, 51 percent of the 88 teens and young adults ...

With $35 million in funding, Qnovia hopes its device will become the first new prescription nicotine replacement therapy in 20 years. Six years ago, in a townhouse in Santa Monica, Mario Danek, began ...

The medication, called cytisine, is already used elsewhere in the world. There are efforts to bring it to the U.S. By Emily Schmall Darius Cohen drives a forklift at a food manufacturing plant in ...

Sophie Brock, 38, was able to quit through West Sussex County Council's cessation service.

Cytisinicline increased biochemically confirmed abstinence nearly threefold versus placebo when taken for 6 weeks and more than fourfold when taken for 12 weeks. The drug was well tolerated with no ...

Smokers may be more likely to successfully quit their habit if simple adjustments were made to how an existing anti-smoking medication is prescribed, according to a new study by a University at ...

WASHINGTON, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Data on Pfizer Inc's smoking cessation drug Chantix continue to back the product's safety, the company said on Wednesday after a watchdog group called for stronger ...

The use of smoking cessation medications during the first trimester of pregnancy posed no greater risk for major congenital malformations (MCMs) in infants than smoking, based on a meta-analysis of ...

Smoking cessation has not been seen as a high priority in drug addiction treatment programs. In a nationally representative sample, smokers who quit cigarettes had a 30% greater odds of being in ...