Heavy smokers -- those who light up 25 times or more a day -- look to their cigarettes for comfort and companionship, according to a new study. In-depth interviews with 51 heavy smokers in the journal ...

As I ascended the steps to London Bridge station to meet a friend, I wasn’t just out of breath – I couldn’t seem to inhale ...

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 ...

Here’s what the evidence suggests. Credit...Aileen Son for The New York Times Supported by By Jen A. Miller Q: Are e-cigarettes actually useful for quitting smoking cigarettes? For adults who are ...

Since the introduction of electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, to the United States in 2006, intense debate has surrounded the marketing, regulation and use of these nicotine-delivery products.

After years of bombarding each other with flat denials and unflattering recriminations, the two sides in the smoking-and-lung-cancer controversy came close to sense-making agreement last week.

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 ...

"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, ...