Efforts to discourage smoking have steadily reduced its prevalence from 27.8% of the global population in 1990 to 19.6% in 2019 1. However, the total number of people who smoke has actually increased ...

Sometimes it really does "take a village" to help you meet life's challenges, and quitting smoking can be one of the toughest challenges out there. That's why specially designed smoking-cessation ...

Share on Pinterest Semaglutide may help with smoking cessation in people with and without obesity, new research suggests. Mustafa Turan/Getty Images Semaglutide, the active ingredient in GLP-1 drugs ...

Over 60% of the 1.25 billion tobacco users worldwide want to quit smoking, but 70% lack access to effective cessation services due to healthcare system limitations, according to the World Health ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Rheumatologists wield much influence in convincing patients with ankylosing spondylitis to quit smoking.

The daunting challenge of quitting smoking just became a lot harder. On April 1, the CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health was eliminated in cuts ordered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Former smokers had little to no excess cardiovascular mortality 20 to 29 years after quitting. Sustained ...

WASHINGTON — Of the roughly 15 million Americans who tried to quit smoking in 2022, 5 in 6 failed. It’s a jarring statistic — and an indictment of the treatment options for an addiction that kills 480 ...

Statistically, it takes multiple attempts to quit smoking before people succeed. (Getty Images) If so many people want to stop, why is it so difficult? The main culprit is nicotine, which is a highly ...

Memory and verbal fluency declined at a significantly slower pace in people who quit smoking in mid‑to-late life compared to those who continued smoking, with cognitive benefits from quitting observed ...

Some people have reported that hypnosis helped them quit smoking. However, more research is necessary to determine how effective it may be. Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the ...