Smoking Cessation

Secondhand smoke may foster nicotine cravings and make it harder for cigarette smokers to quit.

Children exposed to secondhand smoke in the home are more likely than those in smoke-free homes to develop behavior and learning problems, according to new research.

Older women who smoke have higher levels of sex hormones than nonsmoking women, which may increase their risk for breast cancer, diabetes, and other diseases, new research finds.

The number of heavy smokers declined by about 16% from 1965 to 2007, says a new report.

People who smoke menthol cigarettes are no more likely -- and may actually be less likely -- to develop lung cancer than those who smoke non-menthol cigarettes, a study suggests.

People are banned by law from smoking in bars, restaurants, or work sites in half of all states in the U.S., but more action is needed to reduce heart disease and lung cancer caused by secondhand smoke, the CDC says in a new report.

The FDA has decided to oversee electronic cigarettes the same way it does tobacco products.

Nicotine-free plastic inhalers -- fake cigarettes that allow people to simulate smoking -- may increase some smokers’ odds of quitting smoking, a study shows.

Quitting smoking is never easy, but some smokers have an even harder time kicking the habit, and now new research suggests that they may derive more pleasure form nicotine.

A new study is providing clues to the role of nicotine in reducing appetite. Researchers have zeroed in on the exact brain cells that nicotine triggers to cut appetite and body fat.

Graphic images such as lifeless bodies, surgical scars, and diseased lungs are among nine new warning labels unveiled by the FDA that the agency says must appear on all cigarette packaging and advertisements by September 2012.

Mobile phones could hold the key to people giving up smoking after a study involving sending motivational and supportive text messages to smokers doubled quit rates after six months.

Adolescents who are exposed to secondhand tobacco smoke have nearly double the risk of hearing loss compared to those who are not exposed, according to a new study.

According to two new studies, smokers who take their first puffs soon after they wake up in the morning may be running a greater risk of developing lung cancer and head and neck cancer than those who wait to have their first cigarette of the day.

Smoking menthol cigarettes may make it harder to quit the smoking habit for good, a study shows.

Smoking may increase risk for bladder cancer even more than previously believed, and this risk is comparable among male and female smokers.

Education, occupation, and socioeconomic status are major factors affecting cigarette smoking rates among working adults, according to a new CDC report.

New research shows that smokers tend to have strokes close to one full decade earlier than nonsmokers.

If smoking is not controlled worldwide, the habit could produce 18 million new tuberculosis (TB) cases and 40 million deaths from TB between 2010 and 2050, according to a new study.

Smokers have heart attacks earlier than nonsmokers, and women smokers are also much more likely than men smokers to have complications after a heart attack, new research shows.

New studies find that Chantix doesn't increase the risk of psychiatric hospitalization.

Two-thirds of U.S. adults who smoke really do want to quit, and more than 50% of adult smokers have really tried during the past year, a survey shows.

Treating smoking like a chronic disease could help people who want to give up cigarettes be more successful, results from a new study show.

Babies born to moms who smoke are more likely to have certain birth defects compared to infants with mothers who don't smoke during pregnancy, a large new study shows.

Smoking may dramatically increase a woman's chance of developing peripheral artery disease (PAD), a study shows.