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Patches, gum, lozenges and hypnotism ... none of it worked for me in the long term. If an effective remedy had existed back then, I would have jumped at it

Describing toxicity as ‘most underrated threat facing humanity’, new report warns risks to health are ‘widely underestimated’ with impact of pesticide use on cancer rates potentially rivalling that of smoking

This week on The Sound Kitchen, you’ll hear the answer to the question about cigarette butts and microplastics. There’s The Sound Kitchen mailbag, “The Listener’s Corner” with Paul Myers, Ollia Horton’s “Happy Moment”, and a tribute to Ozzy Osbourne created by Vincent Pora Dallongeville. All that and the new quiz…

While it was once hoped that cytisine would become the ‘aspirin of smoking cessation drugs’, it is shockingly underused

Smoking Behind the Supermarket With You gets the adaptation it deserves

From run-ins with the late Queen Elizabeth to her choice nickname for Winona Ryder, here are the biggest bombshells from Amy Odell’s new biography of Gwyneth Paltrow

Despite decades of falling smoking rates, vaping may mean young people are as likely to start smoking tobacco as those in the 1970s

Findings suggest e-cigarettes increasingly act as ‘gateway’ to nicotine for children, undermining earlier falling rates

Researchers looked at UPF consumption and cases of lung cancer among more than 100,000 adults.

In 2021, varenicline, the most effective single drug for quitting smoking, was withdrawn from the market in the UK because impurities were found at greater levels than is considered safe.

One of the passengers was transported to a medical facility