Lung cancer screening rates among heavy current and former smokers remain low and unchanged despite prevention guidelines, according to a new study published in JAMA Oncology last week. For the study, ...

University of Minnesota tobacco researchers have found that heavy smokers who reduce their number of daily cigarettes still take in two to three times more total toxins per cigarette than light ...

HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - Bob Kessner worked as an attorney in Hawaii for 46 years. For nearly all of it, he was a heavy smoker who couldn’t quit. "Once you get hooked on nicotine it's ...

The National Cancer Institute isn't changing one of its key messages: don't smoke--it'll kill you. But the mortality data from its ongoing National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) involving more than ...

image: 'Social smokers' are more than twice as likely to die of lung disease and more than eight times as likely to die of lung cancer than non-smokers, according to research presented at the European ...

A new study from South Korea has revealed that heavy smokers may take up to 25 years after quitting for their cardiovascular ...

A smoke’s no joke. Smoking five cigarettes a day hurts your lungs nearly as much as smoking two packs, according to new research by Columbia University’s Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.

Scientists may have discovered why lifelong smokers never get lung cancer. That sentence probably seems silly, especially given that cigarettes are the number one risk factor for lung cancer. Despite ...

Lung cancer is the leading cancer killer of both men and women in the U.S. More than half of people with lung cancer die within a year of being diagnosed, according to the American Lung Association ...

Share on Pinterest Experts say light smoking carries the same health risks as heavy smoking, just at a lower level. Getty Images New research shows that smoking increases the risk of death through ...

Treatments for gum disease may have little benefit for heavy smokers, new research shows. The study findings suggest the need to rethink treatment of the common gum disease periodontitis, according to ...