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 ...

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

Even after years of smoking, the body has a remarkable ability to repair itself. Now in a study appearing in ACS' Journal of Proteome Research, scientists report that certain metabolic changes occur ...

Kicking the habit may add centimeters to your waist, but this twin study reveals that physical activity is the key to staying trim after quitting. Discover how genes, lifestyle, and movement shape ...

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 ...

Share on Pinterest It’s never too late to quit smoking for better brain health, a new study suggests. Image credit: Alexander Farnsworth/Getty Images While it is normal for people to experience mild ...

Smokers have been urged to kick the habit for good this Ash Wednesday as health chiefs insist the benefits begin just 20 ...

Quitting smoking is one of the hardest efforts a person can undertake, and many aids out there claim to help stop the habit – including nicotine patches, gum and lozenges. Through the Tobacco ...

Scientists at the University of Copenhagen discovered that smoking directly triggers the growth of visceral adipose tissue.