PREMIUM Nicotine is much less harmful than the tobacco that naturally contains it. It has never been found to cause cancer. Nor does it cause other smokers’ diseases such as emphysema. But it is, of ...

The Trump administration’s federal health regulators appear ready to accelerate the pace of reviewing and authorizing or rejecting smokeless tobacco products. According to multiple media reports, ...

Sarah Todd returned to reporting in January 2025 after being assignment editor at STAT since October 2022. You can reach Sarah on Signal at sarahlizchar.47. Many Americans take a dark view of nicotine ...

As lawmakers and public health experts debate the safety of nicotine pouches, researchers from Rutgers Health found that for now, most adults that use these products also have a history of tobacco use ...

The US Food and Drug Administration is urging nicotine pouch manufacturers to use child-resistant packaging on their products. This comes as a rise in nicotine pouch exposure cases has been reported ...

In a society of free, autonomous adults, banning nicotine because it offends one legislator’s sensibilities is simply unacceptable. Massachusetts State Senator Jason Lewis appears to suffer from ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - Nicotine pouches are small, white, teabag-like pouches that are packed with nicotine. Phillip Morris said it sold 190 million cans in the third quarter of 2025. "I feel like Zyn ...

Misperceptions about nicotine abound. Nicotine is not the main cancer-causing component in cigarettes; still, many believe it is. Nicotine makes cigarettes addictive; many people believe it does not.

Researchers from the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) have analyzed various bodies of water in Berlin for traces of nicotine. They detected nicotine in all of the ...

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Listen to more stories on the Noa app. This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. For the better part of the past century, the case against nicotine was ...

On a recent Wednesday afternoon, my friend Caroline and I embarked on a brazen mission in Brookline: to buy a vape pen. We zigzagged through twentysomethings shuffling to and from Blank Street Coffee ...