After actor Arshad Warsi revealed he quit smoking in just one week after decades, many are wondering: does quitting "cold turkey" actually work?

From let the cat out of the bag to dog days of summer, there are all sorts of idiomatic expressions that don’t actually mean what they sound like they mean. Take quit cold turkey, for instance.

The vast majority of smokers who quit succeed in doing so by themselves. This raises an interesting dilemma for planned treatments both drug-based and behavioral. It also exposes a more general issue ...

After becoming sober, the body follows a timeline healing: liver regeneration, blood pressure drops, cancer risk reduction and sleep recovery. A doctor explains.