Quitting smoking isn’t just a matter of willpower. For long-time smokers—those who’ve made cigarettes part of their routine ...

Trillions of cigarette butts are thrown into the environment every year, where they leach nicotine and heavy metals before turning into microplastic pollution. 5:05.

Armed with an asset that could be an improvement on Pfizer’s blockbuster smoking cessation drug Chantix/Champix (varenicline) ...

E-cigarettes heat nicotine (extracted from tobacco), flavorings and other chemicals to create an aerosol that you inhale. Regular tobacco cigarettes contain 7,000 chemicals, many of which are toxic.

The nicotine found in tobacco stimulates the reward circuit, encouraging consumption and potentially leading to addiction. In a paper published in Neuron, scientists reveal how, in mice, a small ...

The Food and Drug Administration has given Aurobindo the green light for varenicline tablets, 0.5 mg and 1 mg. Aurobindo Pharma’s varenicline tablets are the generic of PF Prism C.V.’s Chantix ...

BENGALURU: In two separate operations, sleuths of the Central Crime Branch (CCB) seized banned tobacco and nicotine products being sold illegally in the city.

KT&G Corp. is in talks to acquire a leading nicotine pouch company in Northern Europe for about 300 billion won, or $200 million, investment banking sources said on Monday. The move comes as South ...

CSEC Executive Director, Benedicto Kondowe. NCD Alliance Malawi Project Officer, Esther Nyirenda, expressed disappointment with the tactics tobacco and nicotine industries are employing to make ...

The EU is under growing pressure to tax vapes and nicotine pouches, with 15 finance and economy ministers writing last week to EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen about the issue. The ...

Illinois lawmakers passed a $55.2 billion state budget for 2026 late Saturday, with new taxes on sports bets and nicotine, but no transit funding. The spending measure, Senate Bill 2510, passed ...

Illinois Democrats pass $55.2B budget with new taxes on sports bets, nicotine, and businesses. Republicans criticize rushed process and lack of cuts. St. Louis Business Journal.