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  • Three resources to help you quit smoking

    Three resources to help you quit smoking

    VA apps can help Veterans who want to kick their smoking habit and improve their health and well-being.

  • Quit smoking this New Year!

    Quit smoking this New Year!

    Support your loved ones who smoke by talking about the risks of smoking. Here are great resources available to help them quit.

  • PTSD Bytes #20: PTSD and tobacco use

    PTSD Bytes #20: PTSD and tobacco use

    In this episode of the PTSD Bytes podcast, Dr. Pearl McGee-Vincent discusses PTSD and tobacco use with Dr. Ellen Herbst.

  • Don’t quit trying. Try quitting with VA – and staying smoke-free

    Don’t quit trying. Try quitting with VA – and staying smoke-free

    The Great American Smokeout is Nov. 18. VA encourages Veterans to learn about its many resources to help them quit smoking.

  • Want to quit smoking? World No Tobacco Day encourages you to live life without tobacco

    Want to quit smoking? World No Tobacco Day encourages you to live life without tobacco

    World No Tobacco Day - May 31: VA urges Veterans to learn from each attempt to stop using tobacco. Those lessons can help you stop using tobacco for good.

  • Veterans share how they quit smoking

    Veterans share how they quit smoking

    New England VA helps Veterans with support needed to quit smoking. Success is not due to willpower or luck. Here’s how three Veterans kicked the habit and are living healthier lives.

  • Your last cigarette: The Great American Smokeout!

    Your last cigarette: The Great American Smokeout!

    As part of the Great American Smokeout on Nov. 19, Veterans are encouraged to explore VA’s tobacco cessation resources, including medications and counseling. Here are links to valuable services.

  • Live Whole Health: Self-care episode #41 – Breathing for stress relief

    Live Whole Health: Self-care episode #41 – Breathing for stress relief

    Breath--something we do 20,000 times a day--is one of the body’s most important functions, and one that we can notice in every moment. 

  • Why Veterans should celebrate World No Tobacco Day

    Why Veterans should celebrate World No Tobacco Day

    Stopping tobacco use can improve your mental health and sense of well-being and improve physical health. Good news: Never too late to stop using tobacco and start enjoying a better quality of life.

  • Grandson prompts Veteran to quit smoking

    Grandson prompts Veteran to quit smoking

    His grandson did not like the way he smelled, so this Veteran joined VA’s “Thinking About Quitting?” program and quit smoking after decades of a pack-a-day. “He didn’t want tobacco to control him.”

  • VA’s Tobacco and Health program urges Veterans to quit smoking on the Great American Smokeout

    VA’s Tobacco and Health program urges Veterans to quit smoking on the Great American Smokeout

    Quitting smoking improves the health of your entire body. It not only lowers your risk for cancer of the mouth, throat, esophagus and bladder, but also sharpens your vision, increases the effectiveness of some medications and may help in alleviating chronic pain.

  • VA releases free mobile app to streamline health care access for Veterans and caregivers

    VA releases free mobile app to streamline health care access for Veterans and caregivers

    Make appointments, lose weight, send secure messages, download your VA care history -- all from your phone with the new VA Launchpad mobile app.

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Last updated June 20, 2025

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