Nicotine's bad reputation comes from cigarettes. But on its own, it may improve depression, anxiety, tics, ADHD, and memory loss. Here's what the research actually shows.

These effects on the immune system are also linked to a higher likelihood of developing cancer. We also cannot forget that tobacco smoke robs us of our sense of taste and smell, leaving an almost ...

The data on the health effects from smoking cigarettes has been clear for decades. Today, tobacco use causes nearly 1 in 5 deaths each year in the U.S. While many of these deaths are cancer-related, ...

Like other factors such as age, sex and genetics, smoking has a major impact on immune responses. This is the finding recently made by a team of scientists at the Institut Pasteur using the Milieu ...

Bad habits such as smoking, heavy drinking and lack of exercise must be tackled as early as possible to boost the odds of a happy and healthy old age. Bad habits such as smoking, heavy drinking and ...

In the UK and much of the west, smoking rates have consistently declined since the turn of the millennium. But during some of the most anxiety-ridden months of the COVID pandemic in early 2020, that ...