Columbus City Council is being asked to ban the sale of menthol and flavored tobacco products. Joanne G. Patterson is assistant professor for The Ohio State University College of Public Health ...

A new study of over a million women reports smokers more than triple their risk of dying early compared with nonsmokers, and that kicking the habit can virtually eliminate this increased risk of ...

Women’ are around 50% more likely than men to develop COPD, the umbrella term for chronic lung conditions, such as emphysema and bronchitis, even if they have never smoked or smoked much less than ...

NEW YORK, Aug 12 (Reuters Life!) - Women who smoke cigarettes are more likely to develop heart disease than men who smoke, with the risk for women increasing every year that they smoke, according to a ...

A recent study published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine revealed an increase in lung cancer cases among non-smokers, ...

Short term effects of cigarette smoking on hospitalisation and associated lost workdays in a young healthy population 2000;9:389-96 Young healthy people who smoke are likely to take more time off work ...