Research indicates smoking may improve cognitive control in HIV-positive individuals by lowering brain inflammation, ...

Promoted by users as a pick-me-up, nicotine may give young people a quick burst of energy. But in the long term, it has the ...

Those who grew up when Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) pamphlets were common in the school counselor's office are ...

New research challenges the idea that substance use explains structural brain changes in youth, a theory that underlies ...

61.5% and 52.4% of kids initiating nicotine and cannabis, respectively, also reported initiating alcohol. Substance initiation was associated with a variety of brain-wide (global) as well as more ...

According to Dr. Rajan, there is little evidence that vaping actually helps people cut smoking out of their lives altogether.

"Whether it's nicotine delivered from tobacco or not, it's addictive and not ideal for the developing brain."Dennison Himmelfarb hopes that more stores will enforce the legal age limit and that ...