Various laws and regulations dictate where people can and can’t light up. Here’s how to make sure they’re enforced. By Jill Terreri Ramos Q: I live in a condo building in New York City that is next to ...

“I remember thinking this is hokey and it’s not going to work,” Morgan recalled. — -- Yale graduate student Michelle Morgan started smoking at age 12. When the 35-year-old wanted to quit she ...

Dr. Daniel J. Boffa shared how cancer care teams support patients in quitting smoking and how new data may guide improvements in high-smoking U.S. regions. Yale Cancer Center-led research published in ...

It’s a number to celebrate: 3.9 million. That’s the likely number of Americans saved from lung cancer since 1970 with efforts ...

In the U.S., 68.8% of current adult smokers want to quit for good, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Since 2002, the number of former smokers exceeds the number of ...

Smoking is linked to 20% of cancer diagnoses, with 47% of cancer patients being former or current smokers. Quitting smoking at cancer diagnosis can improve treatment outcomes, reduce complications, ...

LOLLIPOPS, cups of tea and apples have all helped people in Worcestershire quit smoking. Stoptober - the yearly NHS campaign to get smokers to stop for the month of October - is underway. And health ...

Tobacco smoking is the number one cause of preventable disease and death in Canada; it is highly addictive and hard to stop. Recognizing these challenges, a new guideline from the Canadian Task Force ...

LOS ANGELES -- For people trying to quit smoking, use of a GLP-1 receptor agonist may help prevent weight gain, a common barrier to quitting, researchers said here. In a systematic review and ...

Quitting smoking often leads to weight gain due to a combination of decreased metabolism and increased eating. The metabolic boost from nicotine accounts for 31% of weight gain, while increased eating ...