Federal health officials on Thursday backed the public health benefits of nicotine pouches, authorizing Philip Morris International’s Zyn to help adult smokers cut back or quit cigarettes.

authorizing Philip Morris International’s Zyn to help adult smokers cut back or quit cigarettes. The Food and Drug Administration OK’d 10 Zyn flavors, including coffee, mint and menthol. It’s the ...

The FDA has spent years studying the issue and said Wednesday that cutting nicotine would help nearly 13 million current smokers quit cigarettes within one year. Roughly 48 million more young people ...

Last November, the NHS announced a miracle cure for smokers: a demographic I've identified with from age 14. Better than a nicotine patch and much better than a vape, GPs are now able to prescribe ...

In the final days of the Biden administration, the F.D.A. is moving ahead with a proposal to require companies to produce a less addictive product for traditional smokers. By Christina Jewett The ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Hiding under a parasol from the pouring rain, smoking a cheap cigarette outside the hair salon where he ...

Smokers are more likely to give up their habit and remain smoke-free if given rewards for doing so, a study reveals. The incentives are particularly effective among pregnant women, who are twice ...

Around 6.0 million people aged 18 years and over (11.9%) smoked cigarettes in the UK in 2023; this is the lowest proportion of current smokers since records began in 2011, based on our estimates from ...

A homeless eye-witness and drug user says Tommy Boom planned to rob rival drug dealers before being fatally stabbed. Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to Northampton Chronicle and Echo ...

Smokers and obese patients face being ordered to the back of the queue for operations under Government plans to slash waiting lists. The move, unveiled yesterday by the Prime Minister, means only ...

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has debunked claims that it approved a “long-cleansing herbal tea” for smokers. The Director-General of NAFDAC ...