In the first successful randomized trial of its kind, researchers have provided preliminary evidence that telephone-based smoking cessation counseling given to smokers shortly after undergoing lung ...

Dear Savvy Senior, Does Medicare offer any coverage that helps beneficiaries quit smoking? — New Beneficiary Dear New, If you ...

Integrating smoking cessation into a lung cancer screening program had the biggest benefit for patients who wanted to quit, a randomized trial showed. Self-reported tobacco abstinence was greater at ...

Among American adults who have a serious mental illness such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or clinical depression, 57 percent are smokers. In contrast, only 15 percent of U.S. adults overall ...

The role of clinicians in smoking cessation The number of effective treatments to deter tobacco use is larger than ever. We offer a brief summary of what the experts recommend. The number of effective ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Smokers who suffer a heart attack may have better odds of kicking the habit if they get intensive counseling starting in the hospital, new research suggests. In a study of ...

We’ve known for decades that smoking leads to serious health problems including cancer, lung and heart disease, stroke, and diabetes. Despite the health risks, quitting smoking is a significant ...

Study participants with rheumatoid arthritis who received a 6-week individualized smoking cessation program had greater quit rates than those who received usual care. Intensive smoking cessation ...

Members of a smoking cessation Facebook group were 2.5 times more successful in quitting than controls over three-month, according to a recent study published in Addiction. However, after a year, ...

Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) helped people better stick to smoking cessation in the randomized controlled ESTxENDS trial. Participants smoking at least five tobacco cigarettes a day at ...

Smoking continues to be a major health problem in Louisiana, with about 33 percent of adults using tobacco products. That is a main reason why Louisiana also has some of the nation’s highest rates of ...

Research shows that quitting smoking, even after age 65, greatly reduces your risk of heart disease, stroke, cancer, osteoporosis and many other diseases.