Smoking age rise 'within months'
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The law will be changed within months to raise the age for buying cigarettes, Scotland's health minister says.
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Mouth cancer rates could soar because young people are smoking and drinking more, experts have warned.
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Smokers may be at greater risk of HIV infection compared with non-smokers, research suggests.
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New controls on tobacco advertising have come into effect, the latest step in a government campaign against smoking. Cigarette and tobacco advertising in shops, pubs and clubs will now be
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"The earlier a woman stops smoking, the more protection she derives with respect to an early onset of menopause"  Comments The average age to go through the menopause is 50 Women who smoke are more likely to begin menopause before the age of 45 years, which puts them at increased risk of osteoporosis and heart disease, ... via Daily Mail
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The legal age of smoking in Scotland should be raised from 16 to 18, a team of experts will tell ministers.
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Passive smoking massively increases the risk of lung cancer and heart disease, an official report has confirmed. But ministers have sat on the explosive study amid fears it will lead to calls for an outright
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Teenagers can get hooked on one cigarette, a doctor warns.
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Children regularly exposed to passive smoke are up to three times more likely to get lung cancer, researchers say.
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According to the British Medical Journal, a study published in &#39;Tobacco Control&#39; has revealed that smokers aged below 40 are five times more prone to suffering from a heart attack than non smokers of the same age.
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The government highlights the rise in the legal minimum age at which tobacco can be bought in England and Wales.
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Diagnosed cases of cancer rose by 10 percent in Europe over two years, an increase attributable to the continent's ageing population, the effects of smoking and better screening for breast cancer, doctors reported.
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Smokers in their 30s are five times more likely to have a heart attack than non-smokers, a study has found. Finnish researchers analysing a World Health Organisation study of non-fatal heart
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Smoking may speed the growth of  pancreatic cancer by causing it to develop in younger people,  U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.
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Deaths from smoking continue to rise around the world, according to a new study in the November issue of Tobacco Control. Smoking was responsible for almost 5 million deaths worldwide in 2000, or about 12
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Children exposed to passive smoking have a higher risk of developing lung cancer later in life than other youngsters, according to new research.
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The world may know that smoking is dangerous, but the world doesn't care, apparently. A WHO report says smoking is on the rise, mainly because enough work isn't being done to curb the addiction.