A national scheme which gives pregnant women shopping vouchers if they quit smoking has been an "unbelievable" success in ...

Smoking among women is a growing health crisis. Research suggests that women face higher risks than men, from lung cancer to ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Women who smoke are no more likely than men to get lung cancer but, among non-smokers, women appear to have a higher risk than men, U.S. researchers reported on Friday. Women ...

A recent study found smokers, especially women, have an increased risk of advanced pre-cancerous tissue changes that results in a greater risk of colorectal cancer, according to findings (pdf) ...

Health bosses said pregnant women who were identified as smoking at the time of booking a maternity appointment or subsequent ...

A new study of over a million women reports smokers more than triple their risk of dying early compared with nonsmokers, and that kicking the habit can virtually eliminate this increased risk of ...

Women’ are around 50% more likely than men to develop COPD, the umbrella term for chronic lung conditions, such as emphysema and bronchitis, even if they have never smoked or smoked much less than ...

In the battle over the connection between cigarettes and lung cancer, one of the chief arguments on the negative side has been put as a question: Why don’t as many women get lung cancer as men? The ...

Women are around 50% more likely than men to develop COPD, the umbrella term for chronic lung conditions, such as emphysema and bronchitis, even if they have never smoked or smoked much less than ...