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I sent the email, closing with, “God, this is embarrassing. I don’t want to push send but I’m going to. I’m pretty good at ...

A doctor has shared an interesting list of dietary supplements and food choices that may help smokers manage their nicotine ...

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

Doctors weigh in on the new entrant into the self-care domain, the wellness patch, that has found its spot in Katrina Kaif ...

Oklahoma's Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust is offering additional resources to people accessing the state's helpline ...

South Africa’s adult smoking rate was 31 percent as recently as 1990, so the situation is definitely improving ...

Quitting is a very personal experience; what worked for others may or may not work for you. However, the more you know about how to quit, the better your chances ...

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 ...

Nicotine control groups that have waited years for a nationwide ban on vaping flavours say they've now been given indications ...

The Biden administration’s 11th-hour proposal to force tobacco manufacturers to slash nicotine levels — made just days before ...