The doctor prescribed two smoking cessation medicines, including a nicotine inhaler, and recommended counseling. At age 38, John B. was finally able to quit for good.

The HHS has gutted key programs that help people quit smoking, including the CDC's Office on Smoking and Health. Experts say the federal cuts could increase smoking rates, related disease burden ...

HealthDay News — Although about two-thirds of US adults who smoked wanted to quit, only 8.8% of smokers quit in 2022, according to research published in the July 25 issue of the US Centers for ...

Smoking is the No. 1 cause of preventable disease and death across the globe, according to the American Lung Association, even though it has decreased markedly in the United States from 20.9% in ...

While the latest CDC survey doesn’t capture this level of detail, cigarette smoking rates among some communities – including Native Americans, Alaska Natives and members of the LGBTQ community ...

LOS ANGELES - Every day, about 3,800 American kids try a cigarette for the first time. A thousand of them will grow up to have a daily smoking habit, and nearly 300 will wind up dead due to a ...

So, the CDC now says there are five ways to quit with medication assistance. They include, for example, up to three combo therapies. This may include nicotine patches, lozenges and gum.

There are various smoking cessation aids available over the counter and via prescription. These can help people quit smoking. Learn more here.

Between 2011 and 2020, the prevalence of all adult smokers declined from 19% to 12.5%, according to the CDC, with less of a decline among the Black and Hispanic population, according to the CDC.

Though smoking rates appear to have fallen off, vape use is climbing. 6% of surveyed U.S. adults reported using electronic cigarettes in 2022—that’s more than one in 17 people, up from around ...

Brenna VanFrank, M.D., from the CDC in Atlanta, and colleagues used 2022 National Health Interview Survey data to examine national estimates of cigarette smoking cessation indicators among U.S. adults ...