Vaping with nicotine has become commonplace. It can be used to stop smoking cigarettes, but it has several serious health risks. The long-term effects of vaping are unknown.

It doesn't matter how long you've been smoking, quitting is the single biggest thing you can do to improve your health, say experts I’ve been an off and on smoker since I first pinched one of my dad’s ...

A film features former Hull smokers sharing their stories in a bid to encourage others to stop.

Quitting smoking is one of the hardest efforts a person can undertake, and many aids out there claim to help stop the habit – including nicotine patches, gum and lozenges. Through the Tobacco ...

A recent study of 2.9 million participants found a link between quitting smoking before the age of 50 and a significant ...

Ask A.J. is Slate’s advice column on addiction, recovery, and how to hate yourself less. Submit a question here. It’s anonymous! Dear A.J., I started smoking in high school and successfully quit in ...

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 ...

Current smokers faced up to 12-fold higher risk for age-related macular degeneration, a threefold higher risk for primary open-angle glaucoma, and a fourfold higher risk for cataracts. The risk for ...

In terms of breadth and controversy, two 20th-century advertising campaigns are almost unrivaled: the drive to sell cigarettes and the backlash to get people to stop smoking. Selling Smoke: Tobacco ...

SAN ANTONIO — In the opinion of Heather Goff, MD, MPH, encouraging patients to quit smoking is one of the most impactful and modifiable interventions one can make for patients. Heather Goff, MD, MPH ...

New Jersey received a round of poor grades from the American Lung Association on Wednesday for failing to adequately curb smoking through laws, taxes and funding. Although the report comes at a time ...