Smoking cessation, the process of quitting smoking, lowers the risk of several health issues, including lung cancer and cardiovascular disease. Public health initiatives tout the benefits of quitting ...

Smoking cessation is cost effective from a long-term perspective, but less is known about its short-term cost-effectiveness. Short-term health benefits are clear for certain groups, such as ...

Some experts say quitting smoking is harder than beating almost any other bad habit. But it’s not impossible to quit. The benefits of quitting smoking are nearly endless. In just 12 hours after the ...

Ann Arbor, October 8, 2024 – Quitting smoking even as late as at 75 years of age can meaningfully increase a person’s life expectancy, according to a new study in the American Journal of Preventive ...

Quitting cigarettes can significantly lower a person's risk of atrial fibrillation (AFib) compared to those who continue to smoke, according to a study published in JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology.

New research, led by experts at the University of Nottingham, has found that smoking prevalence among 12 to 30-year-olds in ...

Nicotine has long been branded the villain of smoking, but recent research is giving it a new glow, one that doesn’t involve ...

A new study has found that, whether you do it at 35 or 75, quitting cigarette smoking will add years to your life. The findings go to prove that you’re never too old to reap the benefits of stopping ...

MPs have recently voted to ban anyone in England born after 2009 from buying cigarettes, as part of the government's plan to achieve a smoke-free generation. Smoking is the single most important ...

Most people know smoking is bad for health, causing all sorts of problems like heart disease and bad lungs. But not everyone knows it can also put a damper on your sex life. Most people know smoking ...

The two main questions that remain to be adequately answered by studies conducted to date include: does smoking cessation result in short-term savings in direct costs and what are the effects of ...