Smoking is a habit and like all habits, it's hard to quit. Doctors share their personal experiences with quitting and what ...

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 ...

Regina Barber and Emily Kwong of NPR's Short Wave talk about the brain benefits of quitting cigarettes, language development in premature babies, and a mysterious imprint in a Chicago sidewalk.

The comparison might sound exaggerated, but it’s rooted in data. Prolonged sitting is linked to an increased risk of obesity, ...

For years, it’s been known how detrimental it is to smoke cigarettes. It can be destructive to our bodies, causing cancer and other harmful diseases. That’s why over the past decade, many celebrities ...

“Smoking increased the risk of mortality among cancer survivors, even after adjusting for cancer type and stage,” the ...

The sight of snuffed cigarette butts in an ashtray might feel jarringly anachronistic these days, given successful efforts to curtail the smelly act for decades. Nonetheless, we're edging toward a ...