smoking cessation

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.

Holidays can bring on stress which can in tern, cause people to smoke more. But Roswell Park Cancer Center and and NY Quitline officials say this can actually be a time to quit - with the right plan and resources. They add, the idea the smoking relieves stress is a bit of a myth.

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…

The New Year has just started and those whose new year’s resolutions include quitting smoking can draw inspiration from Sheila D. of Baldwinsville. She…

Upstate University Hospital will be offering nicotine replacement therapy to visitors to help curb their smoking habits starting next Friday. The hospital…

Students at Syracuse’s Institute of Technology Wednesday joined others at high schools in Syracuse and across the nation to find ways to create the first…

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…