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 ...

I’ve been an off and on smoker since I first pinched one of my dad’s cigarettes when I was 12 years old – I’ve been dabbling ever since. While I’m a social smoker, mostly smoking on ...

Think smoking is just a bad habit? Think again. A shocking study reveals that every single cigarette you smoke cuts 20 minutes off your life. That’s nearly 7 hours gone with every pack. But here’s the ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has launched the 2024 version of its federally funded national tobacco education campaign to help more people quit smoking — with a special ...

Even if you are a long-time smoker, there are some surprising, and even immediate, benefits to quitting. Every year, half a million Americans die from smoking-related causes, while an estimated 16 ...

She shares: “When I finally quit smoking, after attempting at least 60 times, I kept a list in my pocket all day for all the reasons I wanted to quit and would pull it out when I had a craving.

World Lung Cancer Day is an important reminder of the importance of taking a preventive approach to lung cancer. As the ...

A 2023 analysis of 12 randomized controlled trials on cytisine found that the drug was more than twice as effective as a placebo at helping people quit. The drug’s efficacy was similar to that ...

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Since January 2024, only 0.2% of people trying to quit smoking have used it (the same proportion that used it in 2018, when ...

I was determined to quit, though, and a few days before my 43 rd birthday, I began to read Allen Carr’s Easy Way to Stop Smoking. I mentioned this book in a previous column.

In early 2020, she shared that after smoking 40 cigarettes a day, she decided to quit cold turkey. While it was “brutal,” she said she was able to finally kick the habit.