Nicotine quickly enters your bloodstream. Your liver then breaks down nicotine into several byproducts, primarily cotinine. Depending on what you're testing, such as a blood, urine, saliva, or hair ...

Eons before Europeans arrived in North America, Native Americans cultivated the tobacco leaf for ceremonial activities and medicinal purposes for use during prayers and rituals. They presented the ...

Health officials hope the additional testing will help identify disease and drug trends more quickly. Measles testing began in mid-July, while opioid and nicotine testing started nine months prior.

Parents are increasingly facing a problem that just years ago would have seemed unfathomable: their kids are addicted to vaping. The rise in teen e-cigarette use has been reiterated in study after ...

Independent evaluation explores patent-pending pressurized air throat hit technology, no-heat no-vapor valve mechanism, third ...

Virtually odorless and smokeless, easily concealed in a pocket or sleeve, and frequently designed to look like USB drives or other everyday items, e-cigarettes are not difficult to hide. Perhaps not ...

NORTH JACKSON — Seven parents and two students took to the podium to question the effectiveness of the Jackson-Milton school district’s drug testing policy at its board meeting earlier this week. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Samples taken from the Erie Wastewater Treatment Plant are now being tested for measles, opioid drugs and nicotine, in addition to ...