As a clinician who treats veterans struggling with trauma, mental illness, and addiction, I’m careful about language. Words ...

Smoking: Even though it's known that tobacco is harmful to health and causes cancer, smokers don't quit the habit. But have ...

Vaping with nicotine has become commonplace. It can be used to stop smoking cigarettes, but it has several serious health risks. The long-term effects of vaping are unknown.

Is marijuana addicting? A caller to my talk show today talked about how his son was addicted to smoking pot and that he doesn’t seem to have the ability to quit. When I smoked pot in the past, I never ...

Preventing our young people from starting a tobacco habit can show an exponential reduction in the number of adults who are ...