The daunting challenge of quitting smoking just became a lot harder. On April 1, the CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health was eliminated in cuts ordered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human ...

The CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health was eliminated by the HHS, which could limit access to valuable resources to help people quit smoking. MJimages/Getty Images Smoking and tobacco use in the ...

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 ...

The data provide promising results, yielding a smoking abstinence rate of 26.4% in the intervention group at 18 months. Smoking cessation has long been a major public health concern, but its urgency ...

Smoking is recognized as a leading cause of preventable disability and death. New research shows that as smokers increase their daily number of cigarettes, they report higher rates of chronic pain, ...

As a medical doctor and a community health advocate, I am increasingly alarmed by the proliferation of new tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, that are highly addictive and clearly targeting ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The study used the Smoking Status tool in an EHR system to identify smokers. Patients identified as nonsmokers ...

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 ...

Conclusions: These findings identify a significant discrepancy between the billing of tobacco cessation services and the ...