Experts at Oxford University's Centre for Evidence Based Medicine review the latest evidence on how to quit smoking.
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, more smokers are wanting to quit. So how can we best support them?
From 2021, it will be harder to import e-cigarettes. That protects young people, in particular, who are increasingly being lured into nicotine and tobacco addiction.
The FDA has banned flavored e-cigarettes that appeal to kids. But new research shows that the danger of flavors could go beyond their appeal to kids. The flavorings themselves could cause damage.
Concerns about e-cigarettes are growing, with the AMA calling for a ban. With the Great American Smokeout on Nov. 21, it's worth asking: What do smokers think?
Governments around the world are banning e-cigarettes. This is very bad news for public health.
It's not just that e-cigarettes have fruity, fun-evoking flavors added to them. There's danger in the mere fact that the flavors lead kids to dismiss risk.
Vaping is under heavy scrutiny in the wake of six deaths and hundreds of illnesses. A product engineer who studies how people puff explains why the way users vape could be a clue.
As vaping-related illnesses increase and deaths reported, an inhalation toxicologist explains why comparing the dangers of vaping to the dangers from cigarettes doesn't make sense.
Paying people to quit smoking seems unfair, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't do it.
Smoking-related cardiovascular disease like heart attack and stroke results in 11,400 people being sent to hospital and 6,400 people dying in Australia each year, new research shows.
April 15 is not only a day to pay individual taxes to the IRS. It is also the day that tobacco companies must pay a penalty to help offset states' costs for the treatment of tobacco-related diseases.
Behavior change is very hard. Try as we might to keep those New Year's resolutions, many have given up by this time. Here are some ways to keep going and stay on track, from a counseling psychologist.
Why tobacco giant isn't a credible partner for anti-cigarette smoking policy just yet, despite what they want you to think.
A common smoking cessation drug doesn't appear to work for shisha smokers.
South Africa's proposed new tobacco laws will tighten the grip on how cigarettes and other tobacco products are sold, marketed and regulated in the country.
The former first lady was reported to have a condition that makes breathing hard and often occurs in smokers. COPD is a condition that affects almost 16 million Americans.
Using prescription drugs or over-the-counter gums, mints or patches won't increase your chances of quitting smoking a year later, according to new study.
The journey to the ads that cigarettes companies started running Nov. 26, 2017 about the dangers of smoking and their bad behavior started 64 years ago .
Tobacco taxes have been shown to curtail cigarette smoking. Why aren't more countries, including the US, implementing them effectively?
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Emeritus Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity, University of New South Wales, UNSW
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Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
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Senior Research Fellow, University of Sydney
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Professor, Flinders University, Flinders University
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Professor and Director, Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research, The University of Queensland
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Assistant Professor, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Vermont
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Senior Research Fellow, Departmental Lecturer and Co-Director of Evidence-Based Healthcare DPhil programme, Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, University of Oxford
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Senior Lecturer in Mental Health, University of East Anglia
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Jayashri Kulkarni is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor of Psychiatry, Monash University
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Professor in Clinical Ethics, Macquarie University
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Associate Professor, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in Sociology, University of Tasmania
