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, ...

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 ...

Smoking hurts everyone, but women under the age of 50 who smoke are at four to five times greater risk for having a heart attack, according to KOAT health expert Dr. Barry Ramo. He says most people ...

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 ...

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, ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The number of pregnant women who smoked cigarettes during their terms declined by more than one-third, federal data showed. The percentage of women who smoked cigarettes during ...

About one in five pregnant white women smokes cigarettes while pregnant. According to a report by the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 22 percent of white women smoke during pregnancy, compared ...

Nicotine is toxic to the heart and blood vessels, regardless of whether it is consumed via a vape, a pouch, a shisha or a ...

At one time, lighting up was not only grounds for divorce, but evidence that a woman hankered for the louche life of a prostitute. Smoke ’em if you got ’em. “In 1915, Mrs. Cynthia Robinson was caught ...

In Croatia, the smoking rate was 36.7% in 2020, with the majority of smokers in the 25-44 age group, making it one of the countries with high female smoking rates. Although smoking prevalence among ...