People who smoke often desire to quit. Yet smoking can be a hard habit to break, even knowing the clear link between smoking and cancer. While there are smoking cessation programs that can help, many ...

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention's "Tips From Former Smokers" ads are set to stop at the end of September. For 13 years, these tough and honest commercials told real stories about the ...

Ask A.J. is Slate’s advice column on addiction, recovery, and how to hate yourself less. Submit a question here. It’s anonymous! Dear A.J., I started smoking in high school and successfully quit in ...

"Nicotine vaping is substantially less harmful than smoking. It's also one of the most effective tools for quitting smoking. "Vaping is not recommended for non-smokers and young people because it is ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — You can learn strategies to stop smoking during a free seven-week tobacco cessation course sponsored by the city of Cleveland Department of Public Health. Classes start Wednesday and ...

Smoking rates in the United States are at historic lows and fewer people are dying from tobacco-related lung cancer — in part because the federal government has pumped millions of dollars into ...

Jonathan Livingstone-Banks has received funding from the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) and Cancer Research UK (CRUK). Dimitra Kale ...

Share on Pinterest A new review of 300 prior studies has identified the three most effective treatments that can help people stop smoking. Dobrila Vignjevic/Getty Images A new review of more than 300 ...

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 ...

Share on Pinterest A recent review pinpoints the top three strategies that can help a person quit smoking. Image credit: philpell/Getty Images. Smoking is the leading cause of preventable diseases and ...

Sara Moniuszko is a health and lifestyle reporter at CBSNews.com. Previously, she wrote for USA Today, where she was selected to help launch the newspaper's wellness vertical. She now covers breaking ...

If cigarettes contained very little of the chemical that keeps people smoking, it could help smokers move away from these deadly products. That’s the rationale behind a new rule proposed on January 15 ...