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Two new studies point to yet more reasons to kick the tobacco habit. In one, researchers found quitting smoking is worth it for people with diabetes despite worries about potential weight gain. In the other, scientists discovered smoking might have a much greater impact on the cognitive function...

Non-smoking adults have a higher risk of dying from serious lung disease if they grew up with parents who smoked, according to US research. The researchers said childhood passive smoking was "likely to add seven deaths to every 100,000 non-smoking adults dying annually". The study of 70,900...

Strengthening the laws around smoking in public in Wales will further protect non-smokers from second-hand smoke and de-normalise smoking for children and young people. While most hospitals already have no smoking policies in their grounds, it is currently difficult for staff to enforce this...

The government has set out an ambitious plan to make England effectively smoke-free in the next few decades. The new Tobacco Control Plan aims to slash smoking rates from 15.5% to 12% of the population by 2022, paving the way to a smoke-free generation. If national smoking rates continue to...

The rise in popularity of e-cigarettes in the UK may have resulted in more successful attempts to quit smoking, according to UK researchers. The British Medical Journal work looked at trends in quit rates and support in England from 2006 to 2015. E-cigarettes seem to have had no effect on the...

People trying to give up smoking often use e-cigarettes to help wean themselves off tobacco. Most experts think they are safer than cigarettes but a surprising paper was published recently - it suggests that people who use e-cigarettes are less successful at giving up smoking than those who...

Exposure to second-hand smoke is associated with a larger waist and poorer cognition in children, researchers say. "The take-home message is that for these children, smoke exposure was connected to two major adverse health outcomes, one above the neck and one below the neck," said Dr. Catherine...

Tonight at 21:09 it will be precisely 21 years since I stopped smoking, after being a smoker since I was 12 (which makes it 21 years as a smoker!) :) Best thing I ever did for my health! :) Anyone trying to stop this year?

British American Tobacco, one of Britain’s biggest companies, has been accused of bribing senior politicians and civil servants in a bid to sabotage anti-smoking laws. The allegations by whistleblowers from the company, and supported by court documents, relate to the company’s operations in...