E-cigarettes, nicotine pouches, and heated tobacco hurt blood vessels, increase heart disease risk. All nicotine products ...

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Rutgers Health research confirms confusion about the different mechanisms that make tobacco addictive and deadly.

Whether you're smoking cigarettes or vaping e-cigarettes, you're ingesting nicotine. Either way, the addictive substance is linked to a host of health issues, and experts say they still don't have a ...

You can get addicted to nicotine within days of starting to use it. Nicotine affects the brain by releasing dopamine, which ...

Smoking, and the harmful chemicals present in cigarettes such as nicotine, can cause hair loss. This is due to the damage smoking can cause to hair follicles. Nicotine is a highly addictive substance ...

If you're starting a new job or applying for health insurance, you may be asked to take a nicotine test. Every time you use tobacco, nicotine — a chemical compound found in tobacco — enters your body.

Some research suggests using gum as nicotine replacement therapy can raise blood pressure. However, for some people, the benefits of replacing smoking with nicotine gum may outweigh the risks. Chewing ...

Nicotine withdrawal occurs because of tobacco's addictive qualities. The primary psychoactive ingredient in cigarettes and other tobacco products is nicotine. People become dependent on the drug ...