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, ...

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, ...

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 ...

Cigarette smoking among Americans has plummeted to an all-time low, with only 11 percent of U.S. adults saying they have smoked cigarettes in the past week, according to a new Gallup poll. It’s even ...

Ms. Szalavitz is a contributing Opinion writer who covers addiction and public policy. Nearly 29 million Americans regularly smoke cigarettes, a drastic decline from 1964, when more than 40 percent of ...

There's some evidence that suggests we are winning the war against smoking. In the 1950s, nearly half of all American adults were cigarette smokers. That number has declined progressively from 20.9% ...