Anti-tobacco campaigns like theTruth.com tend to emphasize the purple line of the graph, claiming a strong possibility of eradicating smoking…

For smokers, by far the most frequent advice their doctors give them is to quit. Over 4 out of 10…

While surviving certain cancers has become nearly assured, cancers of the pancreas, lung, esophagus, and liver have continued to kill…

Aside from the health costs, just the cost of purchasing pack after pack of cigarettes adds up over time. According…

Smoking cigarettes is terrible for your health. So, it makes sense that with higher levels of education the percent of…

As the extent of the negative health effects of cigarette smoking dawned on the American population over the past few…

A majority of Americans agree that smokers should accept higher health insurance rates due to the negative health consequences of…

Higher education shows a lower percentage in cigarette smoking rate, although data shows that those with GED's have the highest…

In a Gallup poll done into the trends of cigarette smoking in the United States, smokers were asked whether or…

Cold turkey leads as the most popular and effective way of quitting cigarette smoking. The entire market dedicated to people…

In a study done by Gallup into the number of serious attempts American smokers have made to quit, an average…

It would be quite an interesting job to work for a tobacco company, knowing that the vast majority of people…

Smoking certainly exacts its toll, not only on one's health, but also on one's wallet. More than simply the costs…

In a study of those who attempted to voluntarily quit smoking, almost 2/3 of them relapsed within a couple weeks,…

The push for cutting down the display of tobacco use in movies in the last decade has paid off. Still,…

These findings are applicable to smokers of all ages, and they show the true difficulty of quitting.

Graphic warning labels (GWL) are striking visual images of the potential physical deterioration and disease manifestations associated with using tobacco…

Workers who smoke cost the U.S. economy an estimated $278 billion annually in lost productivity due to absenteeism and extra…

The percentage of U.S. students in grades 6-12 who had ever tried e-cigarettes more than doubled from 3.3% in 2011…

The average cost of cigarettes in the U.S. has increased 1379% in just 40 years. In 1970, the average cost…

Though both adults nationally and smokers specifically believe cigarette smoking is at least 'somewhat harmful' at rates above 90%, smokers…

Though women historically have lower rates of cigarette smoking than men, both groups saw a decrease of roughly equal amounts…

Smoking trends are down among all regions from their respective 2001-2005 rates. The West remains the region with the lowest…

Save for a 1 percentage point rebound in the number of college graduates that reported smoking "in the past week,"…

A study into national cigarette smoking trends found that the habit is slowly falling out of favor in the United…

A Gallup study found that smokers were more likely to experience a number of negative emotions with more frequency than…

A study into the emotional health of smokers versus nonsmokers through Gallup's Emotional Health Index found that socioeconomic position had…

A subcomponent of Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, the Emotional Health Index, found a significant difference between smokers and nonsmokers. The index…

Elderly Americans are less likely than young Americans to have secondhand smoke. Only 31.6% of Americans age 60 and over…

The percentage of American children ages 4-11 with any detectable cotinine (a product of nicotine breakdown) in their system decreased…

In the U.S. in 2011, widows were not only the least likely to be current smokers, but they were also…

A new National Health Interview Survey by the Center for Disease Control was the first ever to include sexual orientation.…