Women who quit smoking before age 40 reduce their risk of dying by nearly 90 percent; those who quit before age 30 can remove up to 97 percent of the risk of premature death, according to researchers ...

Throughout the 15-year wrangle over the effects of smoking on health, women smokers have offered a medical conundrum. Although they puff at cigarettes with the same freedom as men, they do not suffer ...

The typical patient diagnosed with lung cancer—an older male smoker—is becoming less common, according to experts.

Women who smoke are at greater risk than male smokers of developing lung diseases such as emphysema and chronic bronchitis, new research from China suggests. Such illnesses, known collectively as ...

A recent study published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine revealed an increase in lung cancer cases among non-smokers, ...

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 ...

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 ...

A recent study found smokers, especially women, have an increased risk of advanced pre-cancerous tissue changes that results in a greater risk of colorectal cancer, according to findings (pdf) ...

For decades, lung cancer was associated mostly with men and heavy smokers. Now doctors are seeing more cases in women and people who’ve never smoked cigarettes. Madeleine Brand Host, 'Press Play' ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . NEW YORK — Some groups of patients, including women and smokers, have higher rates of conversion from ...

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 ...