For a majority of people, smoking is just a small way to relieve stress. While some think just one smoke occasionally harmless, experts say even small amounts of tobacco silently damage your heart – ...

Parkinson's paradox, linking current smoking to lower disease risk but linking quitting to lower all-cause mortality.

Women face biological, hormonal, and psychosocial factors that complicate smoking cessation, prompting experts to call for sex-specific strategies to improve quit success.

A study has found that smoking adversely affects the spine, increasing the risk of disc herniation. Smokers who use ...

Adults who quit smoking had a heightened risk for Parkinson’s disease vs. those who continued to smoke, according to results published in Neurology.However, those reporting quitting had a reduced risk ...

A new study of smokers finds that currently smoking is associated with a lower risk of developing Parkinson's disease, but quitting smoking was associated with a lower risk of death.

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States, and the second most common cancer diagnosis, according to the National Cancer Institute. Smoking is the number one risk factor ...

Light ex-smokers quickly reduce CVD risk to levels similar to never-smokers, while heavy ex-smokers take over 25 years to achieve comparable risk levels. The study used data from the Korean National ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Current smoking status was associated with a 26% higher risk for CKD compared with never smoking. Lifetime ...

Behind the fragrant smoke and social atmosphere of hookah lounges lies a growing public health concern that medical experts increasingly warn about. As hookah bars multiply across urban centers and ...

Patients who smoked within a month of their cancer surgery had increased risks for complications compared with quitting for at least 4 weeks or never smoking. The risks for complications after cancer ...

A study of 410,000 adults finds current smokers have a lower Parkinson’s risk, while quitters have a higher Parkinson's risk but a much lower risk of death.