So, you have been trying to quit cigarettes using sheer willpower alone, and it's not working. What do you do? Kicking the life-shortening habit can be daunting, but there are smoking-cessation ...

Quitting cigarettes is good for your health. But how do you do it? Smoking is one of the biggest killers, with around 14% of deaths worldwide attributed to smoking-related illnesses, according to ...

Compared to the nicotine patch and a placebo, the smoking cessation aids varenicline (marketed as Chantix in the U.S.) and bupropion (Zyban) do not show a significant increase in neuropsychiatric ...

In the U.S., 68.8% of current adult smokers want to quit for good, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Since 2002, the number of former smokers exceeds the number of ...

Tobacco smoking is the number one cause of preventable disease and death in Canada; it is highly addictive and hard to stop. Recognizing these challenges, a new guideline from the Canadian Task Force ...

Prenatal use of smoking cessation pharmacotherapies was not linked to increased risks of major congenital malformations (MCMs) compared with smoking during the first trimester. Nicotine replacement ...