The addictive power of smoking may lie not only in tobacco's nicotine content but also in the way it enhances other experiences, according to new research.

Smokers cling to the ciggies for dear life, knowing it will likely be a much shorter one. An anti-smoking drug released in Australia targets nicotine receptors in the brain, working differently to traditional nicotine replacement therapies. But are we too fixed on a quick fix for addiction?

So Renay embarked on a plan to quit. Her strategy was to take herself out of her usual routine.. a trip helped her kick start her plan by taking her mind off smoking entirely. "It was much easier after I came back." Renay also set aside the money she spent on cigarettes in a piggy bank, finding herself about $70 richer at the end of each week.

I’d heard it was the most effective stop-smoking drug yet. So I took it. Then those reports of suicidal ideation began washing in. By Derek de Koff, New York Magazine.

Most things in life have risk. Some things are riskier than others. Cigarette smoking, in particular has been associated with various cancers, heart disease, and emphysema.

Based on a Finnish study, persistent smokers may have higher risk to become depressed in comparison to never smokers. Also those smokers who quit have an elevated risk of depressive symptoms in short run.

Most smokers say they would welcome ways to integrate their personal spiritual beliefs into their attempts to quit smoking cigarettes, and research suggests that a spiritual component could improve the odds of quitting.

Smokers who experience the biggest dropoff in craving after their first cigarette of the day tend to have the hardest time quitting, according to research conducted by the Yale School of Medicine.

More than a half million African-Americans have died from smoking-related diseases over the past decade. Yet, 'cigarette smoking is the single most preventable cause of premature death in the United States', according to the Centers for Disease Control.

A new study from Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health finds that more than one in five pregnant women in the U.S. smoke cigarettes, and 10 percent are dependent on nicotine.