According to public health charity ASH (Action on Smoking and Health), New Year is the most popular time to quit smoking. Quitting smoking or vaping is no small feat. The cravings can be tough ...

About half of all smokers who undergo lung cancer take up smoking again. Source: Dying to Quit," a 1998 book by Janet Brigham In an article published on MNT in 2013, we revealed that smokers die ...

Researchers from Leicester have uncovered important insights into how people’s DNA affects their response to the drug Varenicline ...

This is a pill that is available only with a prescription and that numerous studies have shown is effective for quitting smoking. Varenicline works by blocking the “rewarding” effects of nicotine.

Research reveals that certain genes may affect the success of the anti-smoking drug varenicline.(Shutterstock) Genes influence varenicline’s success in quitting smoking However, researchers ...

ii “For many individuals, quitting smoking can be one of the hardest things they ever do. It can take 30 or more quit attempts before many achieve long term abstinence. The primary reason for ...