Throughout the 15-year wrangle over the effects of smoking on health, women smokers have offered a medical conundrum. Although they puff at cigarettes with the same freedom as men, they do not suffer ...

Women who quit smoking before age 40 reduce their risk of dying by nearly 90 percent; those who quit before age 30 can remove up to 97 percent of the risk of premature death, according to researchers ...

Nearly 20% of new lung cancer cases now occur in people who have never smoked, with women representing the majority.

Ask most American women to name the disease that scares them most, and they’ll answer without hesitation: “Breast cancer.” But while breast cancer maintains a deadly toll, the nation’s female ...

FARGO — Sanford Health is offering a nicotine cessation program tailored specifically for women, aiming to help users quit for good with personalized support. The Sanford Women’s Tobacco Treatment ...

A 79-year-old woman successfully sued to prevent her elderly neighbour from smoking marijuana in their apartment complex.

“I remember thinking this is hokey and it’s not going to work,” Morgan recalled. — -- Yale graduate student Michelle Morgan started smoking at age 12. When the 35-year-old wanted to quit she ...