Women face biological, hormonal, and psychosocial factors that complicate smoking cessation, prompting experts to call for sex-specific strategies to improve quit success.

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 ...

Smoking is dangerous for everyone. However, women may face more serious health problems compared to men. From fertility issues to heart disease, the effects of smoking on women's bodies can be ...

Smoking hurts everyone, but women under the age of 50 who smoke are at four to five times greater risk for having a heart attack, according to KOAT health expert Dr. Barry Ramo. He says most people ...

Smoking and/or vaping was associated with increased odds of elevated blood pressure and hypertension compared with not ...

Smoking can damage the heart even in small amounts, and experts warn that the risks are higher for women. Studies show women who smoke face a 25% greater risk of coronary artery disease than men.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For each cigarette a pregnant woman lights up each day, she raises her baby's risk of strabismus by 5 percent, new research suggests. Further, the effect of smoking on the ...

Smoking tobacco is so harmful to the body that it changes a person's immune system, leaving them vulnerable to more disease and infection even years after they've quit, a new study found.Video above: ...