Of the 47 smoking cessation applications available to iPhone users back in June 2009, few if any adhered to the US Public Health Service's 2008 Clinical Practice Guidelines for Treating Tobacco Use ...

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 use of smoking cessation medications during the first trimester of pregnancy posed no greater risk for major congenital malformations (MCMs) in infants than smoking, based on a meta-analysis of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Only a fraction of people at high risk for lung cancer are getting screened for the disease even though it kills more in the ...

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 ...

There has never been a better time to quit smoking tobacco. More products exist today to help people snuff out cigarettes for good, but with so many options available, identifying which are the most ...

Researchers have found in a pilot randomized trial that a single high-strength dose of psilocybin helped over 40% of smokers ...

Psychedelic therapy is a promising approach for tackling tobacco addiction, early results of a pilot clinical trial show in which psilocybin outperformed nicotine patches in helping smokers quit.

A majority of adult smokers in the United States want to kick the habit, but only half of them try, and less than 10% are successful, according to a new national study released Thursday. Experts said ...