It is well-known that smoking can increase the risk of developing lung cancer. But what are some of the lesser-known dangers of cigarettes? Heavy smoking could lead to a decline in the quality of your ...

The researchers compared CT images of cannabis smokers to heavy cigarette smokers and nonsmokers of the same age and gender. They found that emphysema was more common in cannabis smokers than in ...

A growing number of Americans are using cannabis as it becomes legalized for recreational adult use in a rapidly increasing number of U.S. states. Questions abound about what impact legalization will ...

Young teens who vape and smoke cigarettes may be setting themselves up to be heavy smokers by the time they are older teens, a new study suggests. The researchers chalked it up to what they called the ...

Still puffing hard on the trail of whatever it is that makes heavy smokers the commonest victims of lung cancer, the pioneer researchers in the field have brought out another cold-comfort report: the ...

"We found that older smokers for whom lung cancer screening is not recommended had a 10 times higher risk of lung cancer than never smokers."—Ali Ahmed, MD, MPH, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The perception by teenagers and young adults that heavy cigarette smoking is a high-risk activity has declined in many states, according to a study on substance abuse and mental ...