There hasn’t been a new class of drugs approved to help smokers quit since Pfizer's Chantix reached the market nearly two decades ago.

The researchers concluded that people taking semaglutide drugs were less likely to be diagnosed with TUD and less likely to be prescribed medication or counseling to help them quit smoking.

Weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy that contain the active ingredient semaglutide may also help people quit smoking, a new study says. The research, published in the journal Annals of ...

They also saw that those taking Ozempic were up to 68 percent less likely to be prescribed drugs to help them quit smoking and 21 percent less likely to get counseling to get over their addiction.

Ozempic can flatten butts and maybe extinguish them, too! Taking Ozempic or its sister drug Wegovy may help some smokers kick the habit, new research suggests. The study compares the effects of ...

S.C. researchers are studying whether a common cigarette cessation drug can become a federally approved medication to help ...

The medication, called cytisine, is already used elsewhere in the world. There are efforts to bring it to the U.S.

Trying to stop smoking? Smokers have considerably more success when they use nicotine patches or prescription medications than when they try to go it alone, an international study found.

A study found that smokers with type 2 diabetes taking Ozempic had fewer tobacco-related medical visits and received less help to quit smoking than those on other diabetes drugs.

Researchers from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and Mass General Brigham have found that integrating an automated ...

If people with substance use disorders give up smoking, studies show their likelihood of recovery from other drugs or alcohol ...

The use of smoking cessation medications during the first trimester of pregnancy posed no greater risk for major congenital malformations (MCMs) in infants than smoking, based on a meta-analysis ...