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Why you should quit smoking before having surgery
In recent years, research has shown that compared to nonsmokers, smokers have a higher chance of surgery-related complications like heart attack, stroke, sho
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Discipline Is Not the Answer: Better Approaches to On-campus Student Tobacco Use
As schools develop or revamp and modernize their smoke- or tobacco-free policies, we get many questions about what schools should do when students violate th
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How online social relationships help smokers quit tobacco
Online communities foster relationships among members that can play an important role in helping smokers quit, according to new research from the Schroeder I
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Customizing a mobile program to help rural Alaska native youth quit tobacco
Truth Initiative is partnering with the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation to create a customized version of This Is Quitting, a mobile quit program for teen
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“It’s Everywhere”: Middle and High School Educator Perspectives on Nicotine Use in Schools
Truth Initiative asked middle and high school educators across the U.S. to share their on-the-ground perspectives on tobacco and nicotine products
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What makes substance abuse centers more likely to help patients quit smoking?
When people try to quit smoking while they’re in treatment for substance abuse they have a better chance of success.
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Hollywood still struggling to quit smoking in youth films
Nearly half of the top-grossing, PG-13 films released in 2015 featured tobacco imagery, and independent studios are responsible for a greater share of smokin
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How online tools to help smokers quit can go viral
Online tools to help smokers quit can be designed to make it more likely that users will share the apps and make them “go viral”
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New survey shows smoking among teens at historic lows and dramatic declines in vaping
The National Youth Tobacco Survey results show that we are well on our way to finishing smoking for good.
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Are kids using nicotine in the classroom? What to look for and how to talk about risks
As students return to the classroom this fall, they’ll be excited to show off new clothes, sneakers, and electronics – and possibly new nicotine products.
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Stress cited as top barrier to quitting for young adult smokers
More than half of young adult cigarette smokers say that losing the ability to handle stress and withdrawal or cravings are barriers to quitting smoking, acc
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Great American Smokeout: Quitting smoking could prevent 6 million cancer deaths
Even as cancer deaths linked to tobacco use have declined over time, about 6 million current smokers may die from tobacco-related cancers unless they quit.
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