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 ...

Telephone counseling from certified counselors (RNs and registered respiratory therapists). Call (800) LUNG-USA (800-586-4872) and select option 2. American Lung Association Freedom from Smoking ...

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 ...

New research published online in the Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network finds that people with cancer who quit smoking had a much lower risk of dying within two years compared to ...

The alignment of incentives is clear. Treatment of tobacco use improves patient health, lowers total medical expense, and, ...

For the first time, the World Health Organization has released a set of guidelines to help the 750 million tobacco users across the globe who want to break the habit. The recommendations urge health ...

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 ...

Surgeon General David Satcher's report "Reducing Tobacco Use" notes that smoking rates among teens and adults could be cut in half within a decade if the nation were to fully implement anti-smoking ...

In the article that accompanies this editorial, Ostroff et al 4 examined baseline survey responses reported by members of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Cancer Programs (ie, Commission on ...