Ask A.J. is Slate’s advice column on addiction, recovery, and how to hate yourself less. Submit a question here. It’s anonymous! Dear A.J., I started smoking in high school and successfully ...

UC study looks into how effective vaping is when it comes to quitting nicotine 01:37. A lot of smokers are switching to e-cigarettes to try and kick their nicotine fix, but does vaping really help ...

Signor (pictured center) felt that existing smoking-cessation medicines, whether patches, gums, or lozenges, are not very effective because they take too long to start working. “They take about ...

A 2023 analysis of 12 randomized controlled trials on cytisine found that the drug was more than twice as effective as a placebo at helping people quit. The drug’s efficacy was similar to that ...