You can create your own smoking cessation plan. One important element in any plan is to have a list of options for yourself when those severe cravings hit. Planning ahead makes all the difference.

Unfortunately, the very people who sell cigarettes are not immune to its ill effects. Wayne McLaren, the rugged rodeo rider and Hollywood actor who for years invited people to “come to where the flavor is”, died due to smoking.

The first experience of smoking is hardly worth remembering. It produces a sickening feeling. You cough, feel nauseated and may even vomit.

We live in a crazy world where criminals are glorified and people are sometimes jailed for petty crimes. Yet virtually nothing is done about the sale of tobacco which is far more deadly than any criminal on the face of the earth.

If you’re still smoking indoors, putting a stop to that is a relatively painless first step to breaking the habit. Start smoking outside, and outside only. This will make smoking something you do on its own, not something you do while enjoying something else.

The National African-American Tobacco Prevention Network this week is expected to officially announce its withdrawal of support for legislation that would allow FDA to regulate flavored tobacco products other than menthol cigarettes, according to the group’s executive director, the