Severe IBS symptoms and high anxiety sensitivity increase perceived barriers to smoking cessation and reinforce negative reinforcement smoking expectancies. IBS symptom severity and anxiety ...

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, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Integrated care of nicotine replacement, pharmacotherapy and counseling proved most durable for smoking ...

Patients who smoked within a month of their cancer surgery had increased risks for complications compared with quitting for at least 4 weeks or never smoking. The risks for complications after cancer ...

While smoking rates in the United States have substantially declined over the past six decades, smoking remains high among people with low incomes, leading to health disparities. A smartphone app that ...

The daunting challenge of quitting smoking just became a lot harder. On April 1, the CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health was eliminated in cuts ordered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human ...

In 2025, the state reported an all-time low for cigarette smoking, down to a rate of 15.7% of Louisiana adults. Louisiana ...

Smoking cessation has not been seen as a high priority in drug addiction treatment programs. In a nationally representative sample, smokers who quit cigarettes had a 30% greater odds of being in ...

SAN ANTONIO — In the opinion of Heather Goff, MD, MPH, encouraging patients to quit smoking is one of the most impactful and modifiable interventions one can make for patients. Heather Goff, MD, MPH ...

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 ...

Early smoking cessation post-cancer diagnosis significantly improves survival, with optimal benefits seen when quitting within 6 months. The Tobacco Research and Treatment Program at MD Anderson ...