Shocking study reveals smoking just two to five cigarettes daily doubles heart disease risk and increases death risk by 60%.

An analysis of data from almost two dozen long-term studies finds that even low-intensity smokers have a substantially higher ...

Smokers are less likely to test positive for the coronavirus, according to research that offers yet more evidence that the habit may be protective. Since the crisis spiralled out of control, ...

Electronic cigarettes are widely marketed as a way to help smokers quit traditional cigarettes, but a large new analysis finds they may actually have the opposite effect. In fact, the report, ...

Imagine if Obamacare permitted insurers on the Exchanges to charge black people 50 percent more for health insurance than white people? Can you imagine the howls of rage from Al Sharpton? The unending ...

A new report in Health Affairs has found that the smoking penalties imposed by the Obamacare health plans have not succeeded in getting smokers to quit. Even worse, the penalties have deterred some ...

Would smokers prefer that cigarettes be expensive? Certainly, higher cigarette prices would make smokers healthier. There is plenty of evidence that smoking is very bad for you, and almost as much ...

— -- More job-seekers are facing an added requirement: no smoking — at work or anytime. As bans on smoking sweep the USA, an increasing number of employers — primarily hospitals — are also ...

Electronic cigarettes are a more popular tool for smokers trying to quit than nicotine gums and patches, according to a new study of consumer behavior from Kantar Media. As e-cigarettes have exploded ...

In 40 years of smoking, Katie Kennedy has tried four times to quit but always went back to cigarettes. Today, she is summoning a new mental image when a craving comes on: rows of COVID-19 patients ...

Ross MacKenzie has particpated in projects supported by the National Institutes of Health, the Rockefeller Foundation, and Cancer Council NSW. Pharmaceutical companies have aggressively promoted ...

Of the sample of 15 participants, 9 were male and 6 were female, with an average age of 27 years (SD ± 7.9). Seven identified themselves as White British, three White, two Chinese, two White Chinese ...