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It’s a number to celebrate: 3.9 million. That’s the estimated number of Americans saved from lung cancer since 1970 through efforts to curb cigarette smoking. Seen another way, this translates to over ...

March 13 is "No Smoking Day" — the perfect excuse to say goodbye to cigarettes once and for all! Whether you’ve tried before ...

I started smoking cigarettes because I couldn’t get a first kiss. I didn’t know how else to be cool, and everyone was kissing, and in order to get a first kiss, you have to find another willing ...

If cigarettes contained very little of the chemical that keeps people smoking, it could help smokers move away from these deadly products. That’s the rationale behind a new rule proposed on January 15 ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Both smoking and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) increase your risk of negative cardiovascular outcomes. By quitting cigarettes, you can support your HCM management plan. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy ...

A new study suggests that, for smokers who want to quit, e-cigarettes used in combination with smoking-cessation counseling may be more helpful than counseling alone. Most smokers say they want to ...

While the White House continues to review the FDA's menthol ban proposal and hold meetings with various lobbying groups, public health organizations are sharing quitting success stories from ...

Ellie’s smoking habit began, like many people, as a result of working around other smokers. “I realised while working at a restaurant that my coworkers who were smokers (which was most of them) were ...

Millions of Americans use e-cigarettes. There’s little research into how to help them stop. By Dani Blum By his junior year of college, Zach Arledge had already tried to quit vaping about half a dozen ...

Smoking just one cigarette can reduce life expectancy by about 20 minutes, according to research commissioned by the U.K. government. By quitting for a week, smokers can theoretically claw back an ...