Browsing: Smoking

Vaporizing marijuana releases far fewer harmful chemicals than smoking joints does, according to a new study. “These results demonstrate that combustion—not cannabis itself—is the primary driver…

Debate over vaping has been dominated, for more than a decade, by arguments that the available evidence is “uncertain” or “mixed.” That story is increasingly hard…

Regular cannabis users showed no significant impairment when driving a simulator 12 to 15 hours after smoking cannabis, according to new research that raises questions about…

The scientific discourse about nicotine is changing quickly. Previously seen through a narrow prism of addiction, new research from a range of fields — from neuroscience…

A debate is underway in Europe and elsewhere about the place of safer nicotine alternatives in reducing smoking-related disease. At the heart of that debate is…

For anyone who has watched family members suffer and die from smoking-related disease, tobacco control is not an abstract policy debate, it is deeply personal. Lung…

Germany is preparing to take one of the most aggressive steps against vape flavours seen anywhere in Europe, proposing a sweeping ban not only on menthol…

Actor Woody Harrelson apparently got kicked out of two bars for smoking marijuana indoors—with the mother of fellow star Matthew McConaughey. The two laughed about the…

No, this isn’t a stoner comedy scene from a Woody Harrelson or Matthew McConaughey movie (or better yet, starring McConaughey’s mom). It’s not a dream, and…

Nicotine pouches have surged into the public eye in recent years, touted by some as a modern alternative to cigarettes. Small, discrete, and tobacco-free, these pouches…