The fight to stamp out cigarettes may be heading in a mind-bending new direction. Research published this week found that a ...

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

A single dose of psilocybin, the active compound in magic mushrooms, appears significantly more effective than nicotine patches at helping people quit smoking, a new study shows.

Psilocybin "should move forward in the FDA process," researchers say ...

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.

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

Just one dose of psilocybin combined with therapy is associated with “significantly increased long-term abstinence” from cigarettes compared to nicotine patches, according to a new study published by ...

A single dose of psilocybin combined with therapy may help people quit smoking at far higher rates than nicotine patches, according to a new clinical trial published Tuesday. Researchers at Johns ...

Nicotine patches and gums have been helping smokers quit for decades. Right? Even President Obama, once the Smoker in Chief, has kicked the habit with the help of nicotine replacement therapy, ...