One of my 18-year-old patients beseeched me to write a post about vaping. He told me that he has tried to quit vaping nicotine on a few occasions and was dismayed to find that his addiction to ...

But this view ignores a biological reality: nicotine is a highly addictive substance that literally changes the brain. Over time, smoking is no longer about choice; it is about compulsion. Free will ...

During her residency, Dr. Lena van der List encountered a young girl struggling to breathe with no signs of a typical respiratory illness. After several tests and examinations, the patient admitted ...

This article is part of a series from Medscape on vaping. Every day, Sonia Sharma, PA, meets people like Natalie H., who is trying to quit vaping. Natalie, a member of the nicotine addiction support ...

As president of Step Up Anderson Township, we focus on the prevention of substance abuse, and we are committed to standing by students and families in finding help. With the focus on the physical ...

Ellie’s smoking habit began, like many people, as a result of working around other smokers. “I realised while working at a restaurant that my coworkers who were smokers (which was most of them) were ...

Adolescents who vape appear to be doing so more frequently and intensely. Mirabella McCall was just a freshman in high school when she first started vaping. By the time she was 19, she said, "It ...

I crept back into the house, the bitter taste of cigarette smoke lingering in my mouth. My ten-year-old daughter stood barefoot in her white nightgown, brandishing a handful of kitchen knives. "If you ...