We're learning more about the craving that fuels self-defeating habits—and how new discoveries can help us kick the habit. Addiction hijacks the brain’s neural pathways. Scientists are ...

My decision to quit was partly precipitated by the failure ... They are happy to settle, instead for free handbags, and relentless glamour. To be honest, it would have been very easy to give ...

Between indoor smoking bans to support the Clean Air Act and public health initiatives, Helena's tobacco rates went from 22% ...

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) treatment has gotten so good that people can take a pill once a day to achieve viral ...

This Valentines Day, the South Carolina Department of Public Health is encouraging South Carolinians to show love for their ...

“LLM chatbots can be designed to adhere to quit-smoking guidelines and counseling principles,” says research published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research. The findings paint a hopeful ...

Well, I have to die of something," is a reply I find interesting when I ask patients how they feel about their tobacco use. Obviously, it is true. We do ...

The actress Angelina Jolie dealt with a serious smoking addiction by smoking two packages of cigarettes daily during her life ...

MORE adults in England are smoking and vaping, with experts warning the combination is highly harmful. UK scientists say "dual use" is often a step smokers take when trying to quit or cut down.

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 ...

Eddy Shuttleworth, 49, who lives in Felixstowe, Suffolk, started smoking when he was 18. He said he had lost count of the number of times he had tried to quit over the past 25 years - until his ...

Thinking about quitting smoking? Did you know the benefits of ... heart rate and circulation will begin to normalize. After being smoke-free for 24 hours, your body will be thanking you, as ...