The Biden administration is taking a bold step in the fight against tobacco addiction with a proposal from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) aimed at capping nicotine levels in cigarettes. This ...

Smoking is a proven health risk. Medical research links it to cancer, heart disease, respiratory illness, and reduced life expectancy. These effects do not change based on gender, age, or social ...

Look at Generation Z, and you’ll find a generation struggling with loneliness and increasingly negative mental health. While there is certainly an assortment of factors that impact young people, I ...

A team of researchers believe they've worked out the impact down to the minute. This could be inspiration to squash the urge ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Electronic cigarettes sounded like a good idea when they were developed in the early 2000s. Designed to heat and vaporize a solution of nicotine dissolved in propylene glycol or glycerol, electronic ...

Lucas McClain started smoking cigarettes in high school but switched to vaping after he heard e-cigarettes were a safer alternative. His vape of choice became the Juul, the king of electronic ...

Background and objectives With high rates of use and uncertain consequences, valid electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use frequency and addiction measures for adolescents are needed. This ...