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Donna Fox, a nurse at Lexington Medical Center, highlighted the benefits of quitting smoking and vaping, along with free cessation classes available to residents.

TSET Executive Director Julie Bisbee provides details on getting eight weeks of free gum, patches or lozenges, and services through the Oklahoma Tobacco Helpline.

The Oklahoma Tobacco Helpline, a program of the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust, is offering Oklahomans thinking about quitting tobacco a boost this February. All month long, Oklahomans ...

The Biden administration’s 11th-hour proposal to force tobacco manufacturers to slash nicotine levels — made just days before President Biden’s exit — was viewed as a political stunt by many ...

VAPES are considered significantly less harmful than cigarettes. And they’re great tools for helping smokers desperate to ...

Cigarette smoke contains over 7,000 chemicals, and smoking can cause serious health problems including cancer, and heart and ...

“You just dropped your husband off at the hospital. They’re gonna cut open his neck, for God’s sake! He might have cancer!