For those who are ready to quit smoking or are thinking about quitting, the upcoming Healthy Boiler wellness program Tobacco Cessation is a great resource. The program, which meets from noon to 1 p.m.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The intervention reduced acute health care costs by an average of $42 per person per month. The ...

Smokers who needed a hip or knee replacement experienced better surgical outcomes and fewer adverse events including hospital readmissions, surgical site infections and blood clots if they were ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A Columbus Public Health program is helping mothers across central Ohio get healthy for themselves and their babies. The most recent data from Columbus’ infant mortality rate ...

The daunting challenge of quitting smoking just became a lot harder. On April 1, the CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health was eliminated in cuts ordered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Individuals who stopped smoking within 6 months of cancer diagnosis had improved survival. All comprehensive ...

West Virginia and Ohio are falling short on tobacco control efforts, according to the American Lung Association’s annual ...

Eight counseling sessions with short-course nicotine replacement therapy delivered the best value per quit in a lung cancer ...

Telephone counseling from certified counselors (RNs and registered respiratory therapists). Call (800) LUNG-USA (800-586-4872) and select option 2. American Lung Association Freedom from Smoking ...

If you do not want to complete a tobacco cessation program (e.g., you have already quit), you may submit Tobacco User Certification Form at the point where you have not used tobacco in the last 12 ...