A paper, "Tobacco smoking in early adulthood and labor market performance: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study", in Nicotine & Tobacco Research finds that smoking has a negative effect on ...

Weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy that contain the active ingredient semaglutide may also help people quit smoking, a new study says. The research, published in the journal Annals of Internal ...

From improvements to your skin to a lower risk of heart disease happens to your body in the hours, days, weeks and months after you give up cigarettes.

People who smoke can become physically dependent on nicotine, which is the chemical in tobacco products that makes them addictive. Individuals who vape may also experience this physical dependency.

NEW YORK — Smoking has surpassed injecting as the most common way of taking drugs in U.S. overdose deaths, a new government study suggests. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention called its ...

Some people have reported that hypnosis helped them quit smoking. However, more research is necessary to determine how effective it may be. Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the ...

The CDC is not taking any more butts when it comes to smoking. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has launched the 2024 version of its federally funded national tobacco education ...

Numerous factors shape how a person’s immune system reacts to infections and other challenges. Age, sex and genetics are fundamental contributors—as the COVID pandemic highlighted. Now a new study ...

The benefits of giving up smoking are being highlighted in a new Public Health Wales campaign, aiming to help people make ...

AMHERST, Mass. (WWLP)–A new report finds that rewards and financial incentives are helping people quit smoking, including pregnant persons. A University of Massachusetts Amherst public health and ...

A survey of people with substance use disorder across Washington state found that, these days, more people are smoking drugs than injecting them, many people are using both opioids and ...

Don’t let the idea of a slower metabolism keep you from quitting smoking. Let’s look at ways to help your body adjust while it heals. It’s common for people to gain weight after quitting smoking. In ...