March 13 is "No Smoking Day" — the perfect excuse to say goodbye to cigarettes once and for all! Whether you’ve tried before or are just getting started, today’s the day to kick those bad habits to ...

A new study suggests that quitting smoking – even in middle age or beyond – can slow cognitive decline. While cognitive decline naturally occurs with aging, research suggests that smoking exacerbates ...

While it is normal for people to experience mild cognitive impairment as we age, severe cognitive decline is not a healthy part of aging. Past research shows that making healthy lifestyle choices, ...

But six years later, clear differences appeared: those who quit smoking declined more slowly in both memory and verbal ability. On average, ex-smokers’ memory declined about 0.05 standard deviations ...

The below guide on how to quit smoking is part of Glamour’s Smart Goals series, which explores reasonable, quantifiable, and—crucially—sane ways to embark on self-improvement objectives you’d like to ...

The study, published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity, looked at data from 9,436 people aged 40 or over (with an average age of 58) in 12 countries, comparing cognitive test results among people who ...

A major international study brings good news for longtime smokers: it’s never too late to quit. Researchers found that people who stopped smoking in mid-to-late adulthood had slower declines in memory ...