This was true even for "light" smokers—people who smoked fewer than 10 cigarettes per day. That finding was important because it showed that our study was able to pick up the relatively small ...

Women smokers run a far higher risk of developing lung cancer than men, say doctors. For each cigarette smoked, the danger is twice as high for women. And even non-smokers who develop lung cancer ...

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 ...

Smokers continue to gather outside Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS Trust sites despite the grounds being smoke-free since 2006. Two smoke-free engagement officers are now on site to ...

In Liverpool, approximately one in ten adults are still regular smokers, making the city one of the areas with the highest percentages of smokers in Merseyside. There were around 6 million adult ...

The move is part of Labour’s first budget in 14 years (Picture: Getty Images) Rachel Reeves has announced a tax hike on vaping products in today’s budget as part of a plan to reduce smoking ...

The committee's concerns were raised in a report on the Bill's public consultations that the legislation doesn't distinguish between e-cigarettes and more conventional tobacco products nor considers ...

A plan for Canada's three biggest tobacco companies to pay out $32.5 billion to provinces, territories and smokers is now in the works, but some hurdles remain before any money starts flowing.

Teenagers who smoke cannabis may be damaging the lining of their brains, research shows. Those who had smoked cannabis before the age of 16 had a thinner cerebral cortex – the outermost layer of ...