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I couldn’t get anyone I know to speak on the record for this story. The only regular smokers I know are in the restaurant industry, and in spite of the fact that anyone can see them smoking outside ...

E-cigarettes are undeniably better for you than real cigarettes but the jury’s still out on whether or not they are completely safe to use. Regulation of the e-cig market is murky; and even if they ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . E-cigarettes are tied to smoking cessation, studies show. However, questions such as long-term effectiveness and ...

The 15-year-old Smoke-Free Illinois Act, which makes most indoor public spaces off-limits for smoking, now governs electronic cigarettes as well after Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday signed into law a ...

A new study suggests that, for smokers who want to quit, e-cigarettes used in combination with smoking-cessation counseling may be more helpful than counseling alone. Most smokers say they want to ...

Nicotine e-cigarettes are more effective in helping people quit smoking than conventional nicotine-replacement therapy (NRT), according to the latest Cochrane review co-led by a University of ...

WASHINGTON — E-cigarettes were about as effective at helping people quit smoking as the gold-standard pharmaceutical drug, varenicline, according to a clinical trial published Monday in JAMA Internal ...

(Reuters Health) - Teens who try electronic cigarettes may be more than twice as likely to progress to traditional cigarettes as their peers who haven't used the devices, a recent U.S. study finds.