When Cancer Council NSW set out to reduce smoking rates two decades ago, the team asked a question that would reshape everything: who is tobacco ...

July 14 (UPI) --Vaping might be more effective than traditional nicotine replacement therapies in helping people quit smoking, a new Australian study says. Six-month smoking abstinence rates were ...

Nicotine e-cigarettes may be one of the most effective tools yet for quitting smoking, according to a sweeping review of global research. By analyzing findings from 14 major reviews spanning nearly a ...

Janet Hoek receives (or has received) funding from the Health Research Council of New Zealand, Royal Society Marsden Fund, NZ Cancer Society and NZ Heart Foundation. She is a member of the Health ...

Quitting smoking often leads to weight gain due to a combination of decreased metabolism and increased eating. The metabolic boost from nicotine accounts for 31% of weight gain, while increased eating ...

At the start of this month, when denicotinisation would have been due to come into effect in Aotearoa New Zealand (had the government not repealed smokefree laws), Australia introduced innovative ...