Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States. Here’s how it damages different parts of your body. Pictures of twins show how smoking dramatically speeds up wrinkles and ...
The appeal of smoking has always been strong from the moment cigarettes were introduced to the public. The links between smoking, danger, and defiance, coupled with the perception that those who s ...
In 2003, UCLA epidemiologist James Enstrom and I published a study of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS)—also called "secondhand smoke" or "passive smoking"—in the British Medical Journal (BMJ).
Banning menthol cigarettes could help convince smokers quit the habit, a new study finds. People who prefer menthol cigarettes would rather buy nicotine gum or other nicotine replacement therapies ...
The bill seeks to drastically shake up the South African smoking scene where (according to the South African Medical Research Council) around 29.4% of the adult population is currently using ...
The plan is part of a series of measures aimed at tackling the health effects of smoking, one of the UK's leading causes of preventable death, disability and ill-health. Although smoking rates ...