Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After just an hour of quitting smoking, your pulse rate and blood pressure will start to reduce. (Getty Images) (Javier Zayas ...

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

Still, the clear before-and-after patterns strongly suggest that quitting drives the benefit. Strengths and Limitations The study’s main strengths were its long follow-up, large sample size, and ...

Scientists at the University of Birmingham are to follow former smokers for a year to investigate the long-term health effects of vaping as a smoking cessation aid. The EVALUATE study, led by Dr Aaron ...

Smoking has been part of the human lifestyle across the globe since time immemorial, despite people being well aware of the harmful effects of the habit. In addition to its addictive nature, its image ...

In a cohort of 13,282 patients with cancer, those who quit smoking within 6 months of their index visit showed nearly double the survival rate compared with those who continued smoking. Only 22.1% of ...

A study has found that quitting smoking after age 50 can help prevent dementia, with the rate of decline in cognitive functions such as verbal fluency and memory significantly slowing compared to ...

Smoking cessation in advanced-stage cancer patients can extend life by about one year, highlighting its importance in cancer care. Innovative models like point-of-care tobacco treatment are ...

Even in advanced cancer, patients who quit smoking soon after diagnosis lived longer, yet most were never offered meaningful cessation support. Study: Smoking Cessation and Mortality Risk in Cancer ...