“Quitting smoking can have profound benefits for your sleep. One week after quitting, you may notice that falling asleep becomes easier as nicotine withdrawals stabilise,” Artis explains.

Some experts say quitting smoking is harder than beating almost any other bad habit. But it’s not impossible to quit. The benefits of quitting smoking are nearly endless. In just 12 hours after ...

Smoking cessation, the process of quitting smoking, lowers the risk of several health issues, including lung cancer and cardiovascular disease. Public health initiatives tout the benefits of quitting ...

Quitting smoking at any time can increase our life span by as much as ten years. And quitting before the age of 40 reduces our risk of death from smoking-related disease by about 90 percent.

She shares: “When I finally quit smoking, after attempting at least 60 times, I kept a list in my pocket all day for all the reasons I wanted to quit and would pull it out when I had a craving.

People who quit smoking see major gains in life expectancy after just a few years, according to a new study by University of Toronto researchers at Unity Health Toronto.

Smoking cessation reduces overall mortality, cardiovascular mortality and cancer-related mortality within 5 years of quitting, and, in some cases, the risks are reduced to the levels of never smokers.

"There's strong evidence that smoking increases the risk of A-Fib, but the benefits of quitting smoking have been less certain," Marcus said. "We wanted to determine whether quitting smoking could ...

Quitting cigarettes can significantly lower a person’s risk of atrial fibrillation (AFib) compared to those who continue to smoke, according to a study published today in JACC: Clinical ...

Surprisingly, researchers also found that those who quit smoking during the study had an 18% lower risk of AFib than people who smoke, showing a significantly lower risk than former smokers.

“Quitting smoking can have profound benefits for your sleep. One week after quitting, you may notice that falling asleep becomes easier as nicotine withdrawals stabilise,” Artis explains.