For millions of Americans wondering about the best way to quit smoking, the journey can feel daunting. Nicotine changes the brain’s reward system, meaning it literally affects how you think. The good ...

Smoking isn’t cool anymore! According to Gallup polling, in the mid-1950s, approximately 45% of the adult population in the U.S. smoked. Today, adult smoking rates in the U.S. have plummeted ...

Among the lifestyle choices that older adults can benefit from is quitting smoking. But when trying to break this habit and build better ones, it’s easy to get discouraged by the age-old adage that ...

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 ...

Tobacco use in Missouri remains a focus for the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. A new campaign is focusing ...

Semaglutide drugs, like Ozempic and Wegovy, have helped millions of Americans lose weight, reduce cravings and better manage their type 2 diabetes. Yet other benefits are discovered daily, thanks to ...

Cigarette smoking is responsible for half million deaths per year in the United States. 50,000 people die from secondhand smoke exposure. That’s about one in five deaths annually or 1,300 deaths every ...

When quitting smoking, a person may experience one or more symptoms associated with nicotine withdrawal. Using different strategies and treatments may help lessen the severity of these symptoms.

It's a number to celebrate -- 3.9 million. That's the likely number of Americans saved from lung cancer since 1970 with ...

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention's "Tips From Former Smokers" ads are set to stop at the end of September. For 13 years, these tough and honest commercials told real stories about the ...