Younger women with disabilities are significantly more likely to smoke than non-disabled women in the same age group. A national survey conducted by the Center for Research on Women with Disabilities ...

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 ...

A newly discovered brain circuit may explain why women tend to become hooked on nicotine more quickly than men. Smoking remains a leading cause of preventable disease and death in the United States, ...

Women are 31 percent less likely to quit smoking successfully, in part because nicotine replacement therapy is more effective in male smokers. Female smokers experienced more stress and craving than ...

ATLANTA (CNN)-- About one in 14 pregnant women who gave birth in the United States in 2016 smoked cigarettes during her pregnancy, according to a report released Wednesday. The findings, gathered by ...

Smoking is a notoriously tough habit to quit, but a new study suggests it is far harder for women to stop than it is for men. Why? The researchers point to a higher prevalence of anxiety and ...

Pregnancy can be a strong incentive to stop smoking. Very few women are likely unaware of the dangers of smoking while pregnant and the potential harm to their developing babies. Along with ...

A new study of over a million women reports smokers more than triple their risk of dying early compared with nonsmokers, and that kicking the habit can virtually eliminate this increased risk of ...

Recent studies reveal that smoking affects women differently, and often more severely than men. We spoke to an expert to ...

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 ...

Pregnancy can be a big motivator for women to stop smoking. Now a new study suggests that at least some pregnant smokers start cutting back even before they know they've conceived. The findings, ...