Psilocybin works by increasing "mental flexibility," allowing patients to reframe their relationship with addiction, ...

In just one week of quitting smoking, your body starts healing your heart rate normalises, senses sharpen, breathing eases, ...

Health experts say the body can begin repairing itself within minutes after the last cigarette, even for people who have ...

As I ascended the steps to London Bridge station to meet a friend, I wasn’t just out of breath – I couldn’t seem to inhale enough air. My breathing was shallow. I felt so weak I had to keep stopping.

Psilocybin, also known as “magic mushrooms,” may help smokers quit tobacco for the long term. Smokers who received psilocybin ...

The psychoactive substance in magic mushrooms appears to have a powerful effect on people trying to stop smoking.

Psychedelic therapy is a promising approach for tackling tobacco addiction, early results of a pilot clinical trial show in which psilocybin outperformed nicotine patches in helping smokers quit.

Here are the 7 science-backed strategies from doctors to quit smoking successfully this No Smoking Day 2026 and take the first step toward a healthier life.

A MILLION people managed to give up smoking last year, research has revealed. A university study estimates that a third of the UK’s ten million smokers tried to quit in 2025. Out of these, 29 per ...

A mural on a street corner in Grimsby will be featured in a TV campaign to help people stop smoking. Turn The Corner, which shows a "movement from dark to light", has been created over five days on ...

A proposal would halve the sin tax on heated cigarettes in an effort to reduce smoking in South Carolina. The amended bill also adds a tax to vapes.