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 ...

When states increase funding for tobacco prevention and cessation programs and maintain such funding levels, fewer residents smoke, the state cuts health care costs and communities can begin to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Individuals who stopped smoking within 6 months of cancer diagnosis had improved survival. All comprehensive ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The intervention reduced acute health care costs by an average of $42 per person per month. The ...

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--While rates of smoking decreased during the pandemic, overall tobacco cessation may have slowed – and that’s something HealthPartners is working to change with a new ...

The Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act of 1965 mandated that all cigarette packages carry a warning: "Caution: Cigarette Smoking May Be Hazardous to Your Health." Nearly 20 years later, ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A Columbus Public Health program is helping mothers across central Ohio get healthy for themselves and their babies. The most recent data from Columbus’ infant mortality rate ...

Psychiatric patients who took part in a smoking-cessation program while they were in the hospital for treatment of mental illness were more likely to quit smoking and less likely to be hospitalized ...

If you do not want to complete a tobacco cessation program (e.g., you have already quit), you may submit Tobacco User Certification Form at the point where you have not used tobacco in the last 12 ...