Are E-Cigs Really Healthier, Or Could Chemicals Like Formaldehyde Be Hiding In Sweet Smoke?

Medicine & Technology Jan 23, 2015

According to a new study the vapor produced by an e-cigarette can contain cancer-causing formaldehyde, at levels up to fifteen percent higher than regular cigarettes.

Loved Ones Can Be the Key to Losing Weight or Quitting Smoking

Jan 23, 2015

Anyone who has ever tried to quit smoking knows just how hard it can be. Though a new study suggests that if you want to quit smoking, lose weight, or just change an annoying habit, getting help from someone you love could be the key to success.

The Effects of a Woman’s Menstrual Cycle Could Effect Attempts to Quit Smoking

Jan 08, 2015

According to a new study, it appears that a woman's ovulation calendar could effect how easy or difficult it is for her to quit smoking cold turkey. Adrianna Mendrek, lead researcher from the University of Montreal, said her findings emphasize the need for gender-based smoking cessation therapies that also take menstrual cycle phase into consideration.

How Tales of Rotting May Inspire Smokers to Quit

Jan 04, 2015

A new campaign developed by the Public Health England (PHE) organization aimed at encouraging long-term smokers to quit may have people putting their cigarettes down after warning smokers about how smoking "rots" the body from within. The new graphic online and in-print billboard advertisements feature a roll-up cigarette full of decaying tissue. And while the images are rather graphic, some even saying too uncomfortable for an international campaign, the organization is clearly defending the aim of the ads, claiming they're intended to try and shock smokers into giving up the potentially lethal habit.