NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Chewing nicotine gum may not help pregnant women stop smoking, but it may help them cut back on the number of cigarettes they smoke each day and this may cut their risk of ...

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Smokers are better able to quit if they’re offered financial incentives for their efforts. Overall, smokers had up to a 54% better chance at kicking the ...

WASHINGTON -- More than one in 10 pregnant women smoke, and new research suggests many of them also may suffer from depression, making kicking the habit even harder. The emerging science suggests that ...

Up to half of women who give up cigarette smoking when they get pregnant pick up the habit again within six months of giving birth. “(Smoking) helps them handle stress, anxiety, times of uncertainty,” ...

The present interview study with participants using a prototype ISCI especially targeted to pregnancy has lend us first insights on what features and components may be attractive and potentially ...

Rewards and financial incentives are successful methods to help people quit smoking, according to a new Cochrane review co-led by a University of Massachusetts Amherst public health and health policy ...

Pregnant women who smoke are more likely to quit if they are offered shopping vouchers, according to a study. Researchers studied 612 women over 16 and less than 24 weeks' pregnant to assess whether ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For each cigarette a pregnant woman lights up each day, she raises her baby's risk of strabismus by 5 percent, new research suggests. Further, the effect of smoking on the ...

DEAR ABBY: I have one grandchild and another on the way. I have been struggling lately with all the rules and boundaries my children are placing on me. I realize that with the internet and the new ...