A new Government report just released shows that construction workers, miners and food service workers are people most likely to smoke. In these industries it appears that higher smoking rates are partly linked to less formal education, younger age and lower wages...

Tabex, a low cost medication which contains Cytisine, a nicotine substitute derived from laburnum seeds, triples a person's chances of successfully giving up smoking, compared to a placebo, researchers reported in NEJM (New England Journal of Medicine). Tabex has been available in parts of Eastern Europe for over four decades...

A new study shows that 145,000 deaths could be averted in the next 30 years in the Netherlands by implementing stronger tobacco control policies...

People who give up smoking generally experience a significant improvement in memory, apart from enjoying substantial overall health benefits, researchers from Northumbria University, England reported in Drug and Alcohol Dependence. The authors explained that when the majority of smokers quit, their pre-smoking everyday memory can eventually be restored fully...

Giving up smoking isn't just good for your health, it's also good for your memory, according to research from Northumbria University. Research published in this month's online edition of Drug and Alcohol Dependence reveals that stopping smoking can restore everyday memory to virtually the same level as non-smokers...

In a report in Thorax, chief tobacco control professionals state that smoking in films continues to be a "major and persistent driver" for taking up smoking among children and young individuals, and that all the parties responsible - makers, regulators, and politicians are "abjectly failing to control." Dr...