(AP Photo/Steve Helber, File) Some experts say quitting smoking is harder than beating almost any other bad habit. But it’s not impossible to quit. The benefits of quitting smoking are nearly ...

It may surprise you to learn that the benefits of quitting smoking not only improve your health but also the health of those around you. The body begins to heal almost immediately after a person ...

and tertiary prevention (prevention after damage from disease), although most of the evidence of benefit comes from studies of smoking cessation as a secondary or tertiary intervention.