Cigarettes

Mice in a smoking friendly bar. Illustration: depositphotos.com

The smoking gun of the link between smoking cessation and obesity: gut bacteria

Nicotine and other compounds found in cigarettes penetrate the intestine through the bloodstream and change the composition of the intestinal bacteria and their products
Illustration: Sophie Riches / Wikimedia Commons.

Research: the benefit of smoking cessation drugs reaches only 8%

Drying tobacco plants. Photography: Shinya Suzuki.

The harms of tobacco

trachea and lungs. Illustration: shutterstock

Why are cigarettes more addictive these days?

Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Quitting smoking - the psychological dependence