Numerous factors shape how a person’s immune system reacts to infections and other challenges. Age, sex and genetics are fundamental contributors—as the COVID pandemic highlighted. Now a new study ...

From improvements to your skin to a lower risk of heart disease happens to your body in the hours, days, weeks and months after you give up cigarettes.

Smoking tobacco products has been proven to have negative effects on fertility, according to research. That includes vaping in addition to traditional cigarettes. For those who are concerned about ...

One of the most immediate and noticeable effects of smoking on dental health is tooth staining and discoloration. The nicotine and tar present in tobacco products cling to the tooth enamel, leading to ...

Fewer than one in five patients quit smoking after an atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) event, but more serious events tended to track with an increased rate of cessation, according to a ...

Men who have smoked or currently smoke are significantly more likely to develop androgenetic alopecia (AGA) than men who have never smoked, according to a new study. In addition, the odds of ...

Investigators undertook a systematic review and meta-analysis using data of 4462 men from eight observational studies conducted in Europe, Asia, and Oceania. The main outcomes were the incidence and ...

Researchers are still investigating the link between smoking and hypothyroidism. Although smoking does appear to affect the thyroid, its exact nature remains controversial. Experts believe smoking can ...

The research from Lancaster and Durham Universities in England studied 4-D ultrasound scans of fetuses' faces. They found that the fetuses of mothers who smoked had a "significantly higher rate" of ...