You just don't know." Ciaccio went to a pulmonologist and underwent a PET scan, which uses a radioactive tracer to search for traces of cancer. The scan found signs of cancer, and a biopsy confirmed ...

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Are non-cigarette tobacco products bad for your heart? KYW medical editor Dr. Brian McDonough looks at a report based on seven decades of research.

The Food and Drug Administration has ignited a heated debate with its latest review of menthol cigarettes, revealing ...

Overall, our conclusion from this latest review update remains that there is high-certainty evidence that incentives improve smoking cessation rates at long-term follow-up in mixed population studies.

For that reason, the rule could permanently change smoking in America. The FDA insists that the proposal isn’t a ban per se. But in the rule’s intended effect, ban may indeed be an apt term.

Evidence for the positive effects of intermittent fasting continues to mount: a new study shows that for people with obesity, it can lead to additional weight loss, as well as improved regulation for ...

The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday proposed curbing the level of nicotine in cigarettes to make the products less addictive in an ambitious effort to help more Americans quit smoking.

Varenicline is a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor and has some of the highest success rates among smoking cessation techniques. It also costs next to nothing: £9.90 for 28 film-coated tablets in ...

It May Be Easier to Quit Smoking With Holistic or Integrated Health Approach By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Jan. 14, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- It takes a village to help a smoker quit.

His picks for key health positions have not commented, but his anti-regulatory past concerns anti-smoking activists. If nicotine levels are slashed, it “would be the death knell of smoking in ...