Nicotine withdrawal symptoms often include cravings, irritability, and weight gain. Certain medications and lifestyle changes can help you cope.

Nicotine patches help you quit smoking by reducing nicotine withdrawal symptoms and cravings. They should be used for eight to 12 weeks.

If you are quitting smoking, you may develop symptoms like coughing and fatigue, called "smoker's flu." Nicotine replacement therapy can ease smoker's flu and other withdrawal symptoms. You can try ...

It doesn't matter how long you've been smoking, quitting is the single biggest thing you can do to improve your health, say experts I’ve been an off and on smoker since I first pinched one of my dad’s ...

Has nicotine addiction finally met its match? Smoking is one of the most harmful habits to adopt because it can cause lung cancer, heart disease and several other dire health problems. Nevertheless, ...

Question: I've tried to quit smoking several times. But when I get to the second week without cigarettes, I become depressed and anxious. Is this normal? Is there a way to avoid this part of ...

October 27, 2010 — Smokers with a history of anxiety disorders have an impaired ability to quit smoking and fail to respond to cessation pharmacotherapy that is usually effective in smokers without ...

Ask any smoker who has tried to quit and they’ll tell you it isn’t easy. But a recent study offers a surprising glimmer of hope – one that may already be sitting on pharmacy shelves. A team of ...

If you are quitting smoking, you may develop symptoms like coughing and fatigue, called "smoker's flu." Nicotine replacement therapy can ease smoker's flu and other withdrawal symptoms. You can try ...

If cigarettes contained very little of the chemical that keeps people smoking, it could help smokers move away from these deadly products. That’s the rationale behind a new rule proposed on January 15 ...