HealthDay News — Incentivizing smoking cessation increases smoking cessation through 12 weeks, but not at 26 weeks, when missing data are treated as smoking, according to a study published online July ...

Integrated care (IC) involving medication and intensive counseling provides the best opportunity for smoking cessation ...

Integrated care involving medication and intensive counseling showed effectiveness for smoking cessation among adults ...

Quitting smoking is one of the most important steps you can take for your health, but it's also one of the hardest.

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Nicotine vaping cessation rates were elevated with use of a text message intervention or varenicline vs. no/minimal support ...

It is common knowledge that smoking cigarettes is bad for you. It can cause significant health complications including lung cancer and COPD. Lung tissue, once damaged, cannot repair itself. So if you ...

I don’t believe in ‘quit dates’ or making people feel stressed. ... It’s about finding the right approach for each person." ...

Medically reviewed by Sanja Jelic, MD Deciding to quit smoking is a big step. While nearly two-thirds of adults who have ...

Technology in smartwatches could help people quit smoking, according to researchers who have developed an app which intervenes when movements indicating cigarette use are detected. The team at the ...

The results, published in JMIR Formative Research, showed the technology has the potential to help over two thirds of trial participants quit the habit. Smoking is the primary cause of preventable ...