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Smokers today may be more strongly influenced by genetic predispositions than in generations past, and that may be making it harder for them to quit, a new study suggests. That’s not to say that our ...

The National Cancer Institute isn't changing one of its key messages: don't smoke--it'll kill you. But the mortality data from its ongoing National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) involving more than ...

You're at a party and all of a sudden, the unmistakable whiff of cigarette smoke hits you from the direction of one of your friends, who's just stepped out for some "fresh air." "I didn't know you ...

Smokers with a serious nicotine addiction are more likely to gain weight than folks who are less addicted when they try to quit, even if they use nicotine replacement therapy, according to a new study ...

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My views on nicotine addiction don't fit any known template. Except my own. And, oh, the facts. And to show how mainstream, how core, my views are, I‘ll refer in this post to only U.S. Government ...

YOU might think that heavy smokers make for bad lung donors. But a new a study finds donors who smoked more than a pack of cigarettes a day for more than 20 years were strong candidates for double ...

Treatments for gum disease may have little benefit for heavy smokers, new research shows. The study findings suggest the need to rethink treatment of the common gum disease periodontitis, according to ...