What triggers nicotine dependency? Revealing study
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Nicotine is a major addictive component in cigarettes, scientists said. However, how chemical dependency results from nicotine&#39;s interaction with brain cells still largely stumps the experts.
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NEW YORK  - Younger smokers trying to quit are less likely than older smokers to use effective strategies like patches or medication to help them kick the habit, a new study shows.
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Neural impulses, synaptic transmission, and drug action : A 3 part series    Part I : \
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People who smoke are more likely to develop Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia than people who have quit or have never smoked, Dutch researchers reported on Sunday.
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NEW YORK  - People who use chewing tobacco expose themselves to even higher levels of a particular cancer-causing compound than tobacco smokers do, according to a new study.
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A substantial number of alcoholics are able to kick the habit, many of them without the assistance of a formal program, says a study in the current issue of the journal Addiction. National Institutes of Health (NIH) researcher Deborah Dawson found that nearly 36 percent of people with alcohol dependency  had either quit drinking during the preceding year or cut their alcohol intake to a safer and sustainable level. This figure is in line with previous research.
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A DNA test could spot which smokers have an addictive gene and how best to help them, say scientists.
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NEW YORK  - Quitting marijuana can cause withdrawal symptoms as severe as those from quitting tobacco, a small study suggests.
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According to the British Medical Journal, a study published in &#39;Tobacco Control&#39; has revealed that smokers aged below 40 are five times more prone to suffering from a heart attack than non smokers of the same age.
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A single molecule may be partly to blame for nicotine's addictive allure, a finding that researchers say could lead to potential therapies to help millions of smokers quit.
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Smoking causes long-lasting changes  in the brain similar to changes seen in animals when they are  given cocaine, heroin and other addictive drugs, U.S.  researchers said on Tuesday.
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Deaths from smoking continue to rise around the world, and a mutation in a gene linked to nicotine metabolism may be a cause of nicotine addiction, according to two new
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WASHINGTON - Researchers in California, using genetically modified mice, say they&#39;re closing in on understanding exactly what makes nicotine in tobacco so addictive.
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Younger smokers trying to quit  are less likely than older smokers to use effective strategies  like patches or medication to help them kick the habit, a new  study shows.
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An intensive stop-smoking program with at least three months of counseling and free drugs can help smokers kick the habit, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
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MONDAY, Nov. 8 (HealthDayNews) -- Smoking may be an environmental trigger that activates pancreatic cancer in people with a family history of this usually fatal disease, a new study suggests.
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As little as five minutes of exercise could help smokers quit, says a new study. Research published in the international medical journal Addiction showed that moderate exercise, such as walking, significantly reduced the intensity of smokers' nicotine withdrawal symptoms.