If the prospect of lung cancer doesn’t get you down, a new interactive web tool shows people loud and clear the myriad of effects that smoking will have on their bodies, from more acne and worse ...

Public health messages have told us for decades that if you smoke, you should quit. And if you don’t smoke, don’t start. But a new study suggests smoking may be even worse than we thought. The study, ...

Wednesday 1 October marks the start of Stoptober – an annual health campaign designed to help people quit smoking for good. Supported by the free NHS Quit Smoking app, people are challenged to go ...

Smoking is a highly prevalent habit, but unlike its popularity, the consequences are far from desirable. Cigarettes contain a frightening cocktail of over 7,000 chemicals, including hundreds known to ...

From New Year’s resolutions to self-improvement goals, the desire to quit smoking is something many strive for and accomplish each year. It is a difficult feat, yet the long-term benefits are beyond ...

Smoking tobacco is so harmful to the body that it changes a person's immune system, leaving them vulnerable to more disease and infection even years after they've quit, a new study found.Video above: ...

Smoking cigarettes is like a chemical assault on nearly every system in the body. Tobacco smoke carries thousands of toxic ...

It doesn't matter how long you've been smoking, quitting is the single biggest thing you can do to improve your health, say experts I’ve been an off and on smoker since I first pinched one of my dad’s ...

Withdrawals and cravings are side effects of quitting smoking, according to Dr. Sanjay Sethi of the University of Buffalo. Your risk of developing certain cancers also decreases when you stop smoking, ...

Although quitting smoking during the 1 st trimester of pregnancy reduces the risk of low birth weight, it isn't enough to protect the unborn child from being born shorter and with smaller brain size, ...

Smoking is one of those habits that people pick up for different reasons; stress, peer pressure, or just curiosity. At first, it may seem harmless, just a puff here and there. But over time, smoking ...