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Thursday, Nov. 21 is the Great American Smokeout, which encourages smokers to take those initial steps toward quitting.

The NYS Quitline goes fare beyond a phone number. There's also a website, text service, medication, counseling, and other resources.

New York raised taxes on cigarettes another dollar this month. Onondaga County health officials say fewer people wills start smoking and thousands of lives will be saved.

As many as 60,000 New Yorkers might stop smoking if cigarette taxes were raised a dollar a pack. That’s exactly what the American Heart Association is…

New York enjoyed some good news recently around health and smoking. But other statistics show both health and economic problems coming from a different…

A lot of Central New Yorkers might have ‘quitting smoking’ on their New Year’s Resolution List. But smoking cessation often fails the first time around.…

It appears fewer adults in New York State are smoking these days, in fact, fewer than ever. The State Health department tracked smokers from 2011 to 2016,…

A lot of people will start 2018 with the goal – call it a resolution or not – of quitting smoking. The New York State Smokers Quitline has coaches that…

There’s growing momentum behind a measure that would increase the age to buy tobacco products to 21 in Onondaga County. The legislation would target the…

It appears New York State and Onondaga County have been a few steps ahead of federal law after news Thursday that the Food and Drug Administration was…