A huge problem in our country is that most of the people whom we trust to provide addiction treatment are poorly qualified or unqualified. The biggest group of these are people without any ...

Galit Blecher never wanted to start smoking, but during her service in the Israeli military, she succumbed. “Everyone in Israel smoked in the army,” she says. Having held out for more than one year, ...

Smoking: Even though it's known that tobacco is harmful to health and causes cancer, smokers don't quit the habit. But have you ever wondered what the real reason is for a person getting addicted to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At least 27.5 million Americans say they’ve struggled with a substance use issue at some point in their lives. Though 75 percent ...

Galit Blecher never wanted to start smoking, but during her service in the Israeli military, she succumbed. “Everyone in Israel smoked in the army,” she says. Having held out for more than one year, ...

For people recovering from substance use disorders, quitting smoking remains one of the most difficult-but most crucial-steps toward long-term health. New research from Flinders University reveals ...

Even those of us who know all too well what addiction looks like find it hard to resist the lure of Facebook and other ...

DR. JAMIE OSTROFF, MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER, ON ADDICTION AND OVERCOMING IT: Addiction is a complex behavioral and physical process of which people become dependent on smoking. Addiction ...

A new paper in Nicotine and Tobacco Research, published by Oxford University Press, finds that people experiencing more ...