What are the main strategies for quitting vaping? Our report focuses on strategies for helping people stay vape-free for six months or longer. We found that text message-based interventions may help ...

Years ago, Dr. Mark Eisenberg, a cardiologist at McGill University in Canada, recommended that one of his patients—a smoker who’d tried everything to quit but still couldn’t—try vaping instead. It ...

Experts say there is a need for better strategies for helping people transition away from all forms of nicotine, including vapes In recent years, there have been growing concerns around the rise in ...

Vaping may appear to be a safer alternative to smoking, but experts say neither is really safe. And because both contain nicotine, the ingredient that makes tobacco products addictive, quitting either ...

According to Dalton, Georgia mother Lynda Amos, her 13-year-old son will never be the same again. In 2023, the boy, having fallen into a coma, was in serious danger. EMTs administered Narcan once, ...

Sarah Todd returned to reporting in January 2025 after being assignment editor at STAT since October 2022. You can reach Sarah on Signal at sarahlizchar.47. The young people who wanted to quit ...

E-cigarettes are the most commonly used tobacco products among teenagers, with over two million middle and high school students reporting their use. Nicotine exposure can adversely affect memory, ...

Vaping might have started as a casual habit or a way to cut down on smoking, but now it feels like it's taken over your life.

A new study, co-led by a University of Massachusetts Amherst researcher, set out to identify the most effective strategies for helping people quit vaping. The findings, published today in the Cochrane ...

A substantial proportion of high school students who attempted to quit electronic cigarettes reported successful cessation with support from friends. Punitive measures and temporary loss of access to ...