It doesn't matter how long you've been smoking, quitting is the single biggest thing you can do to improve your health, say experts I’ve been an off and on smoker since I first pinched one of my dad’s ...

The CDC is not taking any more butts when it comes to smoking. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has launched the 2024 version of its federally funded national tobacco education ...

Awareness campaigns like November’s Lung Cancer Awareness Month are certainly a good way to encourage people to be proactive about protecting their lungs. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer ...

Ask A.J. is Slate’s advice column on addiction, recovery, and how to hate yourself less. Submit a question here. It’s anonymous! Dear A.J., I started smoking in high school and successfully quit in ...

A proposed rule from the US Food and Drug Administration seeks to lower the amount of nicotine in cigarettes and other combustible tobacco products to minimally or nonaddictive levels to reduce ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Smoking cessation and reduction prevented more than 3.8 ...

The American Lung Association gave Kentucky mostly failing grades when it comes to preventing tobacco use — and helping people access recovery — in a 2025 report released Wednesday. The new “State of ...

Whether you believe in the Big Tobacco theories or not, cigarette smoking has a very tangible impact on not just the personal health of people, but also the places they live in — costing the U.S. an ...

Using e-cigarettes and other tobacco products to keep from relapsing to cigarettes doesn't appear to be effective, according to a new longitudinal study of nearly 13,000 smokers in the United States.

LOS ANGELES -- For people trying to quit smoking, use of a GLP-1 receptor agonist may help prevent weight gain, a common barrier to quitting, researchers said here. In a systematic review and ...