Local health leaders are hitting several popular Cajun food spots today to help residents kick the habit. Their message?

I started smoking cigarettes because I couldn’t get a first kiss. I didn’t know how else to be cool, and everyone was kissing, and in order to get a first kiss, you have to find another willing ...

Smoking causes significant health effects in teens, including lung damage, reduced physical fitness, and the potential to develop severe nicotine addiction. Keeping an open dialogue with teens can ...

In Tennessee, policy, culture and economics continue to drive higher than normal tobacco use, which claims over 11,000 ...

Millions of Americans use e-cigarettes. There’s little research into how to help them stop. By Dani Blum By his junior year of college, Zach Arledge had already tried to quit vaping about half a dozen ...

A former heavy smoker shares their successful experience of quitting cold turkey in hopes of inspiring others to quit smoking ...

AllCare Health and Wellness held an event Thursday as part of the Great American Smokeout, an annual intervention effort to ...

Even occasional smoking inflicts significant heart damage, with a sharp rise in risk from light exposure. While quitting ...

Shocking study reveals smoking just two to five cigarettes daily doubles heart disease risk and increases death risk by 60%.

New research on cigarette smoking uncovers the dangers of low-level smoking, how long it takes to get back to baseline health after quitting ...

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University, who looked at the smoking habits of more than 300,000 adults for almost 20 years, ...