It’s been 18 excruciating hours since you last had one. You’re irritable, stressed out, and the cravings are intense. There is only one thing you can think about firing up – and it isn’t your treadmill. But that’s exactly what University of Western Ontario researchers have been hard at work trying to convince smokers to [...]

AMA President, Dr Andrew Pesce, said good planning was a key to fulfilling New Year’s resolutions to quit smoking.
“Giving up smoking is a common New Year’s resolution, and with good planning smokers can increase their chances of successfully quitting smoking for ever,” Dr Pesce said.

An innovative free Quit Kit which gives smokers the right tools to successfully stop smoking is launched today as new research shows that almost half of smokers (44%) in England have resolved to quit this New Year.

As smokers nationwide struggle to quit the habit, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is offering assistance to those childhood cancer survivors who need help with smoking cessation.
Despite the known health risks of tobacco use, about 18 percent of adults who survived childhood cancer are smokers-an average almost equal to that of the general population. Childhood [...]

An “unacceptable and growing chasm” exists in the UK between those with good and poor oral health, according to the British Dental Association’s (BDA’s) Oral Health Inequalities Policy which is published today. The policy highlights the close association between low socio-economic status and poor oral health, calling for more focus on preventive care. It also [...]