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 ...

You may think that the many health problems related to smoking are a long way off and that you’ll be able to give up before it becomes a problem. But 80 per cent of all smokers started before the age ...

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 ...

TORONTO – Women who smoke half a pack of cigarettes a day – or even less – have a significantly higher risk of sudden cardiac death than those who never smoked, researchers say. But butting out for ...

Smoking increases both men's and women's risk of a major heart attack at all ages, but women smokers have a significantly higher increased risk compared to men, especially women under 50 years old, ...

Women smokers are four times as likely as their non-smoking peers to harbour an unruptured aneurysm--a weakened bulging artery--in the brain, finds research published online in the Journal of ...

Tobacco use of women smokers is the most serious issue for Europe as well as for the rest of the world. The percentage of women smoking is still increasing in six EU countries. Smoking is one of the ...

When you think of lung cancer, you probably think of a disease that only afflicts lifelong smokers. This is just one of the ...

Younger women with disabilities are significantly more likely to smoke than non-disabled women in the same age group. A national survey conducted by the Center for Research on Women with Disabilities ...

Cigarette smoking remains one of the most destructive habits a person can maintain, despite decades of public health warnings and overwhelming scientific evidence documenting its dangers. Each year, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) Women smokers may face a higher risk of bladder cancer than men who smoke the same amount, a new study suggests. Some cancer experts, however, are skeptical about the findings.

Yale researchers have pinpointed a different brain response between male and female smokers by analyzing dynamic brain scans. This study marks the first time that PET (positron emission tomography) ...