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 ...

FARGO — Sanford Health is offering a nicotine cessation program tailored specifically for women, aiming to help users quit for good with personalized support. The Sanford Women’s Tobacco Treatment ...

Smokers are more likely to give up their habit and remain smoke-free if given rewards for doing so, a study reveals. The incentives are particularly effective among pregnant women, who are twice as ...

Nicotine patches don't seem to help pregnant women quit smoking, a new study has found. The study included 402 pregnant women in France who smoked at least five cigarettes a day. The women, who were ...

PHOENIX — The University of Arizona is attempting to develop an app designed to both help women quit smoking and prevent weight gain when they do. On average, women gain between five and 10 pounds ...

Smoking hurts everyone, but women under the age of 50 who smoke are at four to five times greater risk for having a heart attack, according to KOAT health expert Dr. Barry Ramo. He says most people ...

“I remember thinking this is hokey and it’s not going to work,” Morgan recalled. — -- Yale graduate student Michelle Morgan started smoking at age 12. When the 35-year-old wanted to quit she ...

The public and healthcare community are invited to a free training program on helping pregnant women quit smoking 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, April 30 at the Somerset County Administration Building ...

Cigarette smoking and cardiovascular risk increased even with 2 to 5 cigarettes daily, while smoking cessation delivered the ...

One in five women in the U.S. are cigarette smokers. Women who didn't finish high school are three times more likely to smoke than women who finished college. Smokers include 30 percent of women ...