Researchers at Virginia Tech are studying a new method to help people quit smoking, by testing the effectiveness of a program that prompts them to think of things they look forward to in their ...

Earlier today, I gave a live demo of ChatGPT as it served enlightening words on a lifestyle without nicotine vices. Two of my heavy-smoker friends saw the chatbot in action and looked impressed. Less ...

Training health professionals in stop-smoking techniques helps encourage health professionals to ask patients if they are smoking. If a patient is smoking, health professionals are then equipped with ...

Did you promise yourself that 2011 would be the year that you would quit smoking? Are you having trouble sticking to your new year’s resolution? Well maybe there’s an iOS app that will make it a ...

Sometimes it really does "take a village" to help you meet life's challenges, and quitting smoking can be one of the toughest challenges out there. That's why specially designed smoking-cessation ...

In the very moment you're getting ready to spark up, a message on your smartwatch offers motivation to stop smoking - this is how researchers hope to help more people quit. Fabian Sommer/dpa ...

Quitting smoking is hard, but that statement isn't terribly exciting all on its own since most of our readers probably knew it already. Still, while we've talked about quitting smoking using nicotine ...

People who vape and smoke cigarettes are far less likely to leave nicotine behind than people who only smoke cigarettes. While the long-term health effects are unclear, vaping introduces harmful ...

NRT duration (two vs eight weeks), and social determinants screening with referral, enabling comparative cost-effectiveness ...

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has gutted key programs linked to successful smoking cessation. The CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health was eliminated by the HHS, which could limit ...

A new study found that smokers with type 2 diabetes taking Ozempic had fewer tobacco-related medical encounters compared to those using other diabetes medications. The study, based on electronic ...

New research, led by experts at the University of Nottingham, has found that smoking prevalence among 12- to 30-year-olds in ...