Smoking increases the risk of developing colon cancer in both males and females, however, the risk is higher among women smokers, according to a new study. The research was conducted by a team of experts from the University of Tromsø in Norway and was published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention...

Smoking prevention in schools reduces the number of young people who will later become smokers, according to a new systematic review published in The Cochrane Library. For young people who have never smoked, these programmes appear to be effective at least one year after implementation...

A bill has been proposed by the state of New York that would raise the minimum legal age for buying cigarettes from 18 to 21. The proposal was introduced on Friday, and announced on Sunday by State Senator Diane Savino and Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal at a news conference. "If I could prevent one kid, one kid from ever developing that habit, this legislation is worth it." Savino said...

Early, substantive dialogue between parents and their grade-school age children about the ills of tobacco and alcohol use can be more powerful in shaping teen behavior than advertising, marketing or peer pressure, a University of Texas at Arlington marketing researcher has shown...

Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have shown that an area of the brain that initiates behavioral changes had greater activation in smokers who watched anti-smoking ads with strong arguments versus those with weaker ones, and irrespective of flashy elements, like bright and rapidly changing scenes, loud sounds and unexpected scenario twists...

FDA is one step closer to implementation of graphic warnings on cigarette packs World Lung Foundation (WLF) today welcomed a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a challenge by the tobacco industry against the 2009 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. This federal law gives the U.S...

Taking a specific form of a vitamin E supplement can accelerate the health benefits that occur when people quit smoking, new research suggests. In the small study, improvement in blood vessel function associated with the added vitamin E potentially translates into an estimated 19 percent greater drop in future risk for cardiovascular disease...

Smoking tobacco through a hookah is a pastime gaining popularity among the college crowd, but many of them mistakenly believe that using the fragrant water pipe is less harmful than smoking cigarettes. In a new study at UC San Francisco, researchers measuring chemicals in the blood and urine concluded that hookah smoke contains a different - but still harmful - mix of toxins...

Smokers looking to quit cigarettes face an expanding choice of therapies to help them give up the habit, ranging from nicotine replacement medications and behavioral therapy, to hypnosis and even acupuncture. Now a new study from the US suggests another option: a treatment called high frequency transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) that stimulates nerve cells in the brain...

The company you keep in junior high school may have more influence on your smoking behavior than your high school friends, according to newly published research from the University of Southern California (USC)...