Background: Few smokers use effective smoking cessation aids (SCA) when trying to stop smoking. Little is known why available SCA are used insufficiently. We therefore investigated the reasons for ...

A new study published recently in JAMA Internal Medicine shows that smokers had a nearly doubled success rate quitting when ...

Research co-led by UMass Amherst explores effective strategies for quitting e-cigarettes. A new study co-led by a researcher ...

Smoking logs, medication, and 'smoking weird' are all strategies for quitting smoking or vaping recommended by Dr. Derek Poteryko, Island Health's medical director of community health.

By Dr. Jaisingh Rajput  Smoking, a habit ingrained in cultural and social landscapes for decades, is a leading cause of ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a rule to drastically reduce the amount of nicotine in cigarettes and other combusted tobacco products.

The research team decided to explore whether incentives could aid not just anyone, but specifically pregnant women in their ...

Quitting smoking is one of the most important steps you can take for your health, but it's also one of the hardest.

These incentives made even more of an impression on pregnant smokers, who were more than twice as likely to quit long-term if provided rewards, the review says. “Smoking is the leading ...

For every 100 pregnant persons who received financial incentives, 13 were likely to successfully quit smoking at six months or longer, compared to six in 100 who did not receive financial incentives.