Women face biological, hormonal, and psychosocial factors that complicate smoking cessation, prompting experts to call for sex-specific strategies to improve quit success.

Smoke like a man, die like a man. U.S. women who smoke today have a much greater risk of dying from lung cancer than they did decades ago, partly because they are starting younger and smoking more -- ...

Women’ are around 50% more likely than men to develop COPD, the umbrella term for chronic lung conditions, such as emphysema and bronchitis, even if they have never smoked or smoked much less than ...

Cigarette smoking remains one of the most destructive habits a person can maintain, despite decades of public health warnings and overwhelming scientific evidence documenting its dangers. Each year, ...