Columbus City Council is being asked to ban the sale of menthol and flavored tobacco products. Joanne G. Patterson is assistant professor for The Ohio State University College of Public Health ...

Two years ago this month, Philip Morris, Inc., lit the long-cigarette craze with its two-puffs, three-puffs, maybe-even-five-puffs longer, 100-mm. Benson & Hedges. Sales increased so suddenly that all ...

Doctors and health experts have long established that smoking cigarettes poses dangers to health. However, studies differ on the harm of cigarettes and its impact on shortening life expectancy. A ...

A study conducted in the U.K. found that women who drink a bottle of wine in one week face the cancer risk equivalent of to smoking ten cigarettes. Researchers sought to estimate the absolute risk of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cigarette smoking and cardiovascular risk increased even with 2 to 5 cigarettes daily, while smoking cessation delivered the ...