An automated SMS program embedded into TB care helped 40% of patients quit smoking; experts explore if a program might help cessation among smokers with other comorbidities.

Psychiatric patients who took part in a smoking-cessation program while they were in the hospital for treatment of mental illness were more likely to quit smoking and less likely to be hospitalized ...

Smoking rates in the United States are at historic lows and fewer people are dying from tobacco-related lung cancer — in part because the federal government has pumped millions of dollars into ...

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 ...

ROCHESTER, NY (WROC) – Dave Hull was smoking a pack a day for over 40 years, and at one point, he decided that it was time to kick the habit. That’s why he joined a free program through URMC’S Center ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — An online program to help Hoosiers stop smoking, usually costing nearly $100, will be free for the rest of the month. American Lung Association’s program, which typically costs ...

Smoking cigarettes isn’t as popular among Americans as it once was, but it’s still the leading cause of preventable disease, disability, and death in the US, and more than 16 million Americans live ...