Tuberculosis (TB) patients who smoke will recover far more quickly if they can quit—and help could come from their mobile ...

It's a number to celebrate -- 3.9 million. That's the likely number of Americans saved from lung cancer since 1970 with ...

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 ...

Smokers who use cigarettes and vape devices interchangeably are more likely to permanently quit smoking than smokers who only ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Omer Awan is a practicing physician who covers public health. Pictogram illustration of a no-smoking sign. Stopping smoking is ...

People who want to quit smoking benefit from lotteries as an incentive. This is evident from the Smoke-Free Lottery, a field experiment conducted by the RIVM, Radboud University and various Dutch ...

One simple change is to quit smoking. The Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust provides nicotine replacement therapy such as ...

Patients with laryngeal cancer who stopped smoking before receiving treatment had better survival outcomes, compared with patients who actively smoke. Patients newly diagnosed with laryngeal cancer ...

The programs are designed to meet people where they are, whether they are considering quitting or ready to stop using tobacco ...

The study, published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity, looked at data from 9,436 people aged 40 or over (with an average age of 58) in 12 countries, comparing cognitive test results among people who ...

Barry Manilow has been open about his long history with cigarettes. “I smoked for 30 years. I started when I was 9 years old, ...

“The sooner smokers quit the better, but for those who find it difficult to stop smoking abruptly, vaping can help with doing ...