Medically reviewed by Kashif J. Piracha, MD Key Takeaways You can get addicted to nicotine within days of starting to use it.

Many surgeons recommend giving up smoking, alcohol, or drugs before surgery, but researchers have found this may also ...

Source: Dick Rochester from Lafayette, Colorado, PTSD and Tobacco Addiction PTSD is a risk factor for smoking and smoking is a risk factor for depression and anxiety. People with PTSD smoke at high ...

Gillian Sandra Gould receives funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council, Global Alliance for Chronic Disease, Cancer Australia, Cure Cancer Australia, NSW Health, RACGP Foundation, ...

Nicotine's effects (and how long they last) depend on many variables Medically reviewed by Armeen Poor, MD Nicotine stays in your body for different amounts of time depending on the type of test.

New research shows nicotine withdrawal heightens surgical pain and analgesic needs. Keep reading to learn how brain activity ...

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

It’s a number to celebrate: 3.9 million. That’s the likely number of Americans saved from lung cancer since 1970 with efforts ...

A new study shows that abstinent smokers experience heightened pain sensitivity linked to altered activity in specific brain ...

Smokers who have recently quit their nicotine use have altered brain activity linked to increased pain sensitivity and a need for more postoperative pain relief.