Smoking Cessation

What Are Quit-Smoking Programs and How Can They Help You?

Sometimes it really does "take a village" to help you meet life's challenges, and quitting smoking can be one of the toughest challenges out ... Read More

Ready To Quit Smoking? Find A Class To Help You

Despite more attempts, blacks are less successful at quitting smoking than white and Hispanic cigarette smokers. This could possibly be due ... Read More

Your Favorite Cigars Could Be Hurting You More Than You Think

Blacks suffer from lung cancer more than any other population group in the U.S. The percentage of Black men diagnosed with lung cancer each ... Read More

Juneteenth and Tobacco: Resistance and Resilience

Celebrate, Educate, and Agitate. These goals of Juneteenth, coined by Mitch Kachun, exemplify that the celebration of Juneteenth is as much ... Read More

This Exercise Gets Rid of Mucus in Your Chest

The pandemic has changed the timing of flu season, COVID variants and even allergy season. All of that is a cause for a lot of mucus ... Read More

5 Jobs that May Give You Heart Disease

Your job really may be bad for your health. A new study found a link between heart health – specifically heart disease and stroke – and ... Read More

Can Hypnotherapy Help You Stop Smoking?

When most people think of hypnosis, they think of a magician, dangling a pendulum in front of someone while saying, “You’re getting sleepy ... Read More

Trying to Quit Smoking? Here’s Why you Should Avoid Vapes

Smokers may think electronic cigarettes will help them quit, but a new study finds no evidence that it aids smoking cessation. Researchers ... Read More

Cigarette Sales Increased During COVID-19 Pandemic

We all know the dangers of smoking, especially for Blacks who are more likely to die from smoking-related complications than whites. Yet, ... Read More

Silver Lining Found in Pandemic: Fewer Teens Are Vaping

It turns out that the pandemic has reaped one unexpected benefit: As teens were kept home more often, their use of electronic cigarettes ... Read More

Vaping Raises Blood Clotting Risks, Harms Small Arteries

Can you get a blood clot from vaping? According to new research, you can. Nicotine-laden e-cigarettes raise a user's risk of blood clots, ... Read More