We spend 4 hours and 37 minutes on our phones each day, checking them around 58 times, on average. We like to tell ourselves it's to socialize, for work, or to read the news. But most of us are ...

A new analysis of existing studies co-led by a University of Massachusetts Amherst public health researcher finds that nicotine e-cigarettes consistently help adults quit smoking, a conclusion that ...

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in 2022, the majority of the 28.8 million U.S. adults who smoked cigarettes wanted to quit; approximately half had tried to quit ...

Smoking is one of the leading causes of preventable diseases and deaths worldwide. Despite widespread awareness of its dangers, millions of people still struggle to quit. Nicotine addiction is ...

Quitting smoking is one of the hardest health challenges many people face. Cigarettes contain nicotine, a substance that ...

Addiction is not simply a chronic brain disease and considering it as such can limit treatment options and increase stigma, an extensive research review suggests. After decades of research, Professor ...