smoking risks

Smokers looking to kick the habit may try any number of approaches: patches, gums, e-cigarettes, and now tweeting. At the University of California at Irvine, a recently completed clinical trial looked at whether virtual support networks created through...

It is a habit that is typically frowned upon, and the smoking ban of 2007 in England was a step towards deterring people from smoking in public; but what effect does smoking have behind closed doors, in our most intimate relationships? A recent survey...

Smokeless tobacco products are sometimes touted as a way to help reduce the health problems associated with conventional tobacco use, but the majority of teenagers who use them also smoke cigarettes, according to a new study. The study, published in the...

Cigarette market in Russia, on the one hand, cigarette prices for consumers, health issues and other considerations, like the price is right for innovative products; the other hand, the government will soon introduce a new regulatory policy, cigarette...

Big Tobacco has joined forces with the breast cancer industry in the launch of its newest product aimed at raising money for breast cancer research: "Pink ribbon" SlimSmokes cigarettes for women. For every pack of cigarettes sold, the manufacturer pledges...

Signs and symptoms of cigarette smoking are frequently obvious even to a casual observer. Besides the confirmatory evidence (a person actually smoking a cigarette in public view), nicotine-stained fingers and teeth, the characteristic smell of smoke impregnated...

The New York state Department of Health, in conjunction with the American Legacy Foundation and the Ad Council, has launched a new national smoking cessation public service ad campaign. Sponsored by the National Alliance for Tobacco Cessation, the "EX"...

Smoking cigarettes is a very complicated probelm in the entire world, there is the government that wants to raise taxes on them, there are pesons that use tobacco products, but in the end we all feel the effects of the actions that we take. Many researchers...

The ratio of smoking women in US is a staggering 1:4, which are even higher among high school girls. Approximately half of these smoking girls and women will die prematurely from smoking-related diseases such as lung cancer, oral cancer, heart disease,...