Researchers from the City College of New York suggest that people who are poor and uneducated are more likely to start smoking again after smoking cessation, compared to people with greater financial and social status.

UK researchers advise doctors to offer smoking cessation advice to all smokers, whether they appear to be interested in quitting or not, after finding that most smokers try to quit on medical advice, reports Pulsetoday.

The popular talent judge on Britain's Got Talent, Simon Cowell, has been reportedly taking medical help to kick his 44 year-old addiction of smoking.

According to the Eastbourne Herald, the East Sussex Stop Smoking Service is offering free support and advice to smokers who are making plans to quit this year.

As reported by Medindia, a person’s will to achieve smoking cessation may be influenced by genetic variation in nicotine clearance rates, indicating that the use of genetic testing may help increase smoking cessation rates.