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  Smoke-Free Life: How to Quit Smoking

  January 2, 2024

  Smoking cessation is a journey and a learning process. Think of it as a new beginning, with change occurring over time. Learn more.Read More

  Medically Reviewed by UPMC Hillman Cancer Center

  Categorized as: Family Health, Living and Wellness

  Tagged with: Discovery

  

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  Screening and Smoking Cessation Key in the Fight Against Lung Cancer

  July 13, 2023

  Low-dose CT scans have been approved as a screening tool for use in smokers and ex-smokers. But quitting smoking is the best way to improve lung health.Read More

  Medically Reviewed by UPMC Hillman Cancer Center

  Categorized as: Cancer Care, Lung Cancer

  Tagged with: hookah products, Lung Cancer Center, Lung Cancer Center at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, lung cancers

  

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  Can’t Stop: Quitting Smoking After a Cancer Diagnosis

  April 15, 2022

  Lighting up — even after a diagnosis of cancer — is more common than you might think. Learn why it's important to quit smoking after cancer.Read More

  Medically Reviewed by UPMC Hillman Cancer Center

  Categorized as: Cancer Care

  Tagged with: cancer, cancer diagnosis, life after cancer, lung health, quitting tobacco, smoking, smoking cessation, Tobacco

  

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  Why Are Non-Smoking Women Diagnosed With Lung Cancer?

  November 1, 2016

  One in five women with lung cancer has never smoked and the diagnosis rate among women is increasing. Learn more.Read More

  Medically Reviewed by UPMC Harrisburg

  Categorized as: Cancer Care, Lung Cancer

  Tagged with: Pinnacle Health

  

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  How Smoking Cigarettes Affects Your Lungs

  February 7, 2023

  Find out how smoking cigarettes changes your lungs and how quitting can help reduce your risk of many health problems.Read More

  Medically Reviewed by UPMC

  Categorized as: Cancer Care, Living and Wellness, Lung Cancer

  Tagged with: lung cancer, lungs, smoking

  

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  How Smoking, Alcohol, and Drugs Can Harm Your Baby

  March 23, 2016

  Your unborn baby receives much of what you eat, drink, and breathe. Learn how unhealthy habits—like smoking, drinking, and doing drugs—can harm your baby.Learn More

  Categorized as: Pregnancy and Childbirth, Women's Health

  Tagged with: caffeine, illegal substance use, pregnancy, smoking, smoking and pregnancy

  

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  How Quitting Smoking Helps Your Heart

  June 21, 2015

  Learn how quitting smoking helps your heart and blood vessels and discover a typical quitter's timeline to learn how your health will improve.Read More

  Medically Reviewed by Heart and Vascular Institute

  Categorized as: Heart and Vascular Health

  Tagged with: blood clots, blood vessels, heart, heart disease, quit smoking, smoking, smoking cessation, Vascular disease

  

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  Smoke Free Life: How to Quit Smoking

  January 2, 2015

  Becoming a smoker was a journey. So too is becoming a non-smoker. Read this tips to starting a smoke free life.Read More

  Medically Reviewed by UPMC

  Categorized as: Living and Wellness

  Tagged with: cigarettes, quit smoking, smoking cessation, Tobacco

  

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  How to Live Without Smoking

  April 5, 2023

  An important part of kicking the smoking habit is figuring out why you smoke. Learn 6 reasons why you may like smoking and how to fight them!Read More

  Medically Reviewed by UPMC

  Categorized as: Living and Wellness

  Tagged with: habit, Journey to a Smoke-Free Life, live without smoking, nicotine, quit smoking, reasons to quit, relaxation, smoking, smoking cessation, smoking cessation program, stress