Smoking Cessation

Think you know all about smoking? Learn the facts behind popular myths about cigarettes and your health.

When you quit smoking, these changes should give you the best chance of kicking the habit.

If you’re quitting smoking but slipped and had a couple of cigarettes, this is typical and you shouldn’t give up.

Kicking the habit doesn’t have to mean putting on extra pounds. Use these tips to keep your weight in check when you give up smoking.

Is it bad to smoke only when you go out? Find out why you should think twice before you light up.

You quit smoking. Now it’s time to pay it forward and help someone else who wants to kick the habit. Do you know what will really help them, and what won’t?

Teen “vaping” (using e-cigarettes) is on the rise. What are the health risks?

WebMD gives you the pros and cons of vaping so you can decide if e-cigarettes are safe or a health risk.

Is this smokeless tobacco product safe to use? Here’s how snus stacks up.

A reader tells WebMD Magazine how he kicked the habit for good.

Top tips to kick the habit.

Afraid that quitting smoking will make you gain weight, wreck your mood, and kill your social life? It doesn't have to, experts tell WebMD

Here are 10 common daily side effects of smoking that often create the incentive to quit.

Our expert gives tips on ending the cigarette habit for good.

Want to quit smoking? Simple solutions to fight the cigarette urge and stop smoking.

What makes you crave a cigarette? Is it a cup of coffee? A drink? Talking on the phone? To quit smoking forever, it’s important to identify your smoking triggers.

It’s never easy to quit smoking. But research shows that medications and nicotine replacement therapies can double the chances that a smoker will successfully quit.

WebMD discusses ways you can kick the smoking habit for good.

Writing about what you're feeling when you stop smoking can be an important tool to help you quit. Here are tips to help write your way out of smoking.

E-cigarettes are safer than cigarettes, their makers say. Prove it, says the FDA, which no longer lets them into the country.

Many people who quit smoking gain 10 pounds, but not you. Here's how to avoid weight gain when you quit smoking.

Stress and emotional upheaval can trigger the desire to smoke. Here's how to identify your personal smoking triggers.

Deep breathing and other stress reduction and relaxation techniques are commonly used to help new smokers quit. Here's how to find a technique that works for you.

WebMD Community Member Mary Ann Andersen was a lifelong smoker, but with renewed faith and lots of support, she was able to say goodbye to cigarettes forever.