There isn’t much research on those of us who bum a cigarette every so often, but here’s what we do know: Cigarettes are still ...

Each cigarette you smoke reduces your lifespan by an estimated 20 minutes, new research has shown. Men’s lives are cut short by around 17 minutes with each cigarette smoked, while women’s are reduced ...

E-cigarettes, commonly referred to as “vapes,” were invented in the early 2000s with the explicit goal of helping people quit smoking by transitioning them to something safer. But there are many ...

The researchers estimate that a lifelong smoker is expected to live about ten fewer years on average than a nonsmoker. Reading time 3 minutes Here’s some extra motivation for anyone looking to quit ...

“There’s no one who doesn’t know the risks,” says Peter Shields, MD, a professor of internal medicine and epidemiology at the Ohio State University in Columbus. But, he says, nicotine is incredibly ...