For a large swath of young American women, light smoking is growing in popularity, according to a new study. In new research published in Preventing Chronic Disease, researchers from the University of ...

Having centuries of experience appealing to customers, tobacco companies know how to play the marketing game. They use beautiful people, social appeal, and celebrities to draw attention. Sadly, people ...

Quitting cigarettes is not easy for anyone. But some studies show that women have a harder time keeping their no-smoking vows than men. Researchers don't know exactly why this may be the case, but ...

WASHINGTON – More women are lighting up cigarettes around the world even as the smoking rate declines for men, activists attending an anti-smoking conference said Thursday. About 12 percent of women ...

Jerica Lowder and Samantha Rees tried their first cigars after a couple of Coronas — and some prodding from their husbands, who were smoking Cuban stogies at a party. "We shocked the socks off of them ...

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 ...

Pregnancy can be a strong incentive to stop smoking. Very few women are likely unaware of the dangers of smoking while pregnant and the potential harm to their developing babies. Along with ...