Wednesday 1 October marks the start of Stoptober – an annual health campaign designed to help people quit smoking for good. Supported by the free NHS Quit Smoking app, people are challenged to go ...

Smokers who quit with the help of e-cigarettes often continue vaping, but it is not known whether this promotes or prevents ...

Dr. J. Craig Allen said "the carcinogens and toxins in tobacco smoke don't stay in your lungs; they...get into your ...

Smoking tobacco is so harmful to the body that it changes a person's immune system, leaving them vulnerable to more disease and infection even years after they've quit, a new study found.Video above: ...

In A Nutshell Men saw real results: Male participants taking varenicline (Chantix) cut their cannabis use from 12 sessions ...

A research group led by the Central Institute of Mental Health (CIMH) in Mannheim has confirmed for the first time within the ...

A two-year clinical trial found that one mild tweak transformed the rate of aging at the cellular level and reduced ...

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 ...

The trend in varenicline use has changed sharply since the treatment’s supply disruption in July 2021, say researchers, who found that its use had fallen by almost 70% per year to December 2022. This ...

Smartphone apps help smokers quit at 3 times the rate of no support, but apps using cognitive behavioral therapies are most ...

ROCHESTER — Thursday, Nov. 14 is the Great American Smokeout, an initiative from the American Cancer Society spotlighting the decision to quit using cigarettes. "The decision to quit or want to start ...