For those who are ready to quit smoking or are thinking about quitting, the upcoming Healthy Boiler wellness program Tobacco Cessation is a great resource. The program, which meets from noon to 1 p.m.

Smokers who needed a hip or knee replacement experienced better surgical outcomes and fewer adverse events including hospital readmissions, surgical site infections and blood clots if they were ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The intervention reduced acute health care costs by an average of $42 per person per month. The ...

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 ...

For the first time, the World Health Organization has released a set of guidelines to help the 750 million tobacco users across the globe who want to break the habit. The recommendations urge health ...

Eight counseling sessions with short-course nicotine replacement therapy delivered the best value per quit in a lung cancer ...

Telephone counseling from certified counselors (RNs and registered respiratory therapists). Call (800) LUNG-USA (800-586-4872) and select option 2. American Lung Association Freedom from Smoking ...

If you do not want to complete a tobacco cessation program (e.g., you have already quit), you may submit Tobacco User Certification Form at the point where you have not used tobacco in the last 12 ...