There isn’t much research on those of us who bum a cigarette every so often, but here’s what we do know: Cigarettes are still ...

A newly discovered brain circuit may explain why women tend to become hooked on nicotine more quickly than men. Smoking remains a leading cause of preventable disease and death in the United States, ...

Throughout the 15-year wrangle over the effects of smoking on health, women smokers have offered a medical conundrum. Although they puff at cigarettes with the same freedom as men, they do not suffer ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers found a significantly increased adjusted risk for COPD diagnosis among women vs. men. Women had a ...

Smoking hurts everyone, but women under the age of 50 who smoke are at four to five times greater risk for having a heart attack, according to KOAT health expert Dr. Barry Ramo. He says most people ...

A new study from the American Cancer Society finds that e-cigarettes and traditional cigarettes are equally as harmful to consumers’ health. Using data from Wave 5 of the PATH stud and biomarkers of ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The number of pregnant women who smoked cigarettes during their terms declined by more than one-third, federal data showed. The percentage of women who smoked cigarettes during ...

May 9 (UPI) --Smoking can't explain why women are more at risk for COPD, a new study says. Women are about 50% more likely than men to develop COPD even though they are less likely to smoke, ...

About one in five pregnant white women smokes cigarettes while pregnant. According to a report by the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 22 percent of white women smoke during pregnancy, compared ...

After receiving a lung cancer diagnosis, Christy Erickson of Macon resolved to live out her fantasy of pulling a UPS truck in a Strongman competition. “Part of me just decided that I have to use the ...