Quitting smoking within six months after a cancer diagnosis adds an average of two years to a patient's life. With this information in hand, all cancer centers have an obligation to offer ...

Training health professionals in stop-smoking techniques helps encourage health professionals to ask patients if they are smoking. If a patient is smoking, health professionals are then equipped with ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Rheumatologists wield much influence in convincing patients with ankylosing spondylitis to quit smoking.

Researchers suggest providers learning more about e-cigarettes and updated, effective cessation methods could help their patients overcome barriers to smoking cessation treatment. Nurse practitioners ...

Patients who are looking to quit smoking to better their survival and health outcomes should talk to their health care team about different methods to do so, an expert said. Smoking cessation led to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Current smoking rates at the time of cancer diagnosis varied by sociodemographic and socioeconomic factors.

Patients with advanced cancer gained nearly a full year of additional life if they quit smoking, compared to those who kept lighting up, researchers reported. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI Experts ...

Researchers noted that the relationships between smoking, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and depression must be recognized to effectively manage the complicated care needs for this ...

Fewer than one in five patients quit smoking after an atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) event, but more serious events tended to track with an increased rate of cessation, according to a ...

PHILADELPHIA — Physicians should treat smoking the way they treat other chronic addictions and expect incremental and sporadic improvements, according to Frank Leone, MD, director of comprehensive ...

In a cohort of 13,282 patients with cancer, those who quit smoking within 6 months of their index visit showed nearly double the survival rate compared with those who continued smoking. Only 22.1% of ...