Study: More households forbid smoking
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Smoking is forbidden in nearly three out of four U.S. households, a dramatic increase from the 43 percent of homes that prohibited smoking a decade ago, the federal government reported Thursday.
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NEW YORK  - The great majority of smokers  think they are well informed about the health risks of their  habit, but many of them are wrong, a new U.S. survey suggests.
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High levels of secondhand smoke on the job can double nonsmokers' risk of developing lung cancer, and those who inhale it at work long-term face a 50 percent higher risk, researchers said on Wednesday.
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The great majority of smokers think they are well informed about the health risks of their habit, but many of them are wrong, a new U.S. survey suggests.
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NEW YORK  - An "alarmingly" high number of inner-city black young adults smoke and, for those trying to quit, several factors may conspire to thwart their efforts, research shows.
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The smoking ban in public places in Scotland has led to a significant advance in public health, a study suggests.
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Black Americans are less likely than whites to start smoking but they&#39;re also less likely to quit once they do start, says a study in the November issue of the American Journal of Public Health.
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Cigarette smoking is more harmful to  women than to men, cutting more than a decade off female  smokers' life expectancy but much less for their male peers,  Dutch government research suggested Monday.
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Warning signs for cardiovascular disease are higher in people exposed to secondhand tobacco smoke, adding to the link between "passive smoke" and heart disease, according to a study released on Monday.
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Smoking is killing nearly a million people a year in India, exacting a higher toll than previously thought, but allied problems are often different to those seen in the West, according to research published on Thursday.
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A movement to restrict smoking in apartments and condominiums is having some success.
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Parents who smoke near their newborn babies are turning their children into heavy passive smokers and putting them in danger of breathing problems and cot death, a new study shows.
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A Colorado city ban on smoking at   workplaces and in public buildings may have sparked a steep   decline in heart attacks, researchers reported on Monday.
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Everyone knows smoking is a bad idea, but those who can't give it up may get a little protection from exercise, a study suggests. In a study of older women, researchers found that a physically active smoker had a 35 percent lower risk of lung cancer than a sedentary smoker.
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Researchers say they have the strongest evidence yet that smoking causes asthma after a study of 1,444 people.
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Smoking killed almost 5 million people around the world in 2000, researchers have calculated.
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TORONTO (CP) - Workplace smoking bans can help both non-smokers and smokers, a new study has found. Smokers whose workplaces are smoke-free consume on average five fewer cigarettes each day than those who