Nicotine Vapes Triple Smokers’ Odds Of Quitting Tobacco

By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, May 21, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Nicotine vapes can triple smokers’ odds of successfully giving up traditional cigarettes, while also exposing them to fewer harmful chemicals, a new study argues. Smokers who started using a nicotine e-cigarette were over three times more likely to quit smoking within six weeks, compared …

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Analysis-SpaceX IPO Bets $2 Trillion on Musk’s Ambitious Rockets-To-AI Vision

May 21 (Reuters) – Investors buying into SpaceX’s nearly $2 trillion IPO are making a high-stakes wager that ⁠CEO ⁠Elon Musk can turn a fast-growing satellite business into ⁠something far bigger, using an unproven rocket to unlock an ambitious push into AI. Musk has grown SpaceX into the world’s largest rocket business ​by launching thousands …

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Sneak peek: Kouri Richins: Behind the Facade

ALL NEW: Scared of their own mother. Why the children of convicted killer Kouri Richins want her to stay behind bars. “48 Hours” correspondent Natalie Morales reports Saturday, May 23 at 10/9c* on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.[AirsfollowingtheWNBAonCBS)[AirsfollowingtheWNBAonCBS)

Exclusive-Supreme Leader Says Enriched Uranium Must Stay in Iran, Iranian Sources Say

By Parisa Hafezi and Rami Ayyub DUBAI, May 21 (Reuters) – Iran’s Supreme Leader has issued a directive that the country’s ⁠near-weapons-grade ⁠uranium should not be sent abroad, two senior Iranian sources ⁠said, hardening Tehran’s stance on one of the main U.S. demands at peace talks. Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei’s order could further frustrate U.S. President …

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Families Weigh Moves With Gender-Affirming Care Access Under Assault in US

May 21 (Reuters) – Confronted with Trump Administration threats to gender-affirming care for young transgender people, American families are ⁠weighing moves ⁠out of their states to gain access to needed healthcare, according to ⁠doctors, patients, policy experts and advocacy groups. Upon taking office for the second time, President Donald Trump issued an executive order aimed …

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