NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Getting older smokers to quit can be a tough order, but enlisting social workers in the battle could help, a new study suggests. Sign up here. Even in old age, quitting ...

Research published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society found that elderly women are more likely to quit smoking than elderly men, while results are just the opposite for studies among ...

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A patient-level pooled analysis of the prognostic significance of baseline fatigue for overall survival (OS) among 3,915 patients participating in 43 North Central Cancer Treatment Group (NCCTG) and ...

Smoking is the world's leading cause of premature death. Smokers who quit are able to significantly reduce their risk of premature death and other health issues – almost completely if they quit by age ...

I am a non-smoker who is glad the Smoke-Free Illinois Act was passed. I live in an apartment building where people smoke in the hallways and the smoke has nowhere to go but in the apartment. I have ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Ex-smokers live longer than those who haven't kicked the habit, no matter what age group you look at, according to a new report. "This fact calls for effective smoking ...

Veteran litigator Willie Gary is trying his first tobacco case on behalf of an elderly smoker in Tampa with cancer of the larynx and esophagus. A plaintiff lawyer who claims more than 150 verdicts and ...