We all have once decided to start a new life since Monday or the first day of the year. Smoking is no exception. Full story

The doctors from the University of Northumbria have found that the memory of a smoker can be reduced by one-third. Nevertheless, those who have managed to abandon the habit, can get back to their previous level comparable with non-smokers. Full story

Quitting smoking is contagious, as in spreading fast across population. Scientists from Harvard School and California University in San-Diego came to this conclusion after holding an experiment with 12000 participants. As is turns out, quitting smoking becomes a trend and spreads fast across the society. This tendency, in fact, is really good for people’s health. Full story

Whether a woman manages to give up smoking depends on her menstrual cycle, claim experts at University of Minnesota. The study conducted by the scientists involved 200 women trying to quit smoking. Half of the volunteers was in the “follicular” part of the cycle (just after menstruation ended and before ovulation), and the other half – in the “luteal” part (after ovulation and before the next menstruation started). Full story