Robbie Williams has vowed to quit smoking. The singer, who smokes up to 60 cigarettes a day, has already given up drugs and alcohol and now wants to kick another unhealthy habit. Robbie – who was fined £60 for smoking onstage in Australia last week – is so desperate to quit nicotine he has even [...]

SMOKERS who cut down on the number of cigarettes they smoke each day may actually breathe in more toxic compounds than when they smoked heavily, a new study suggests. Researchers found that a group of heavy smokers who cut down to as few as five cigarettes per day still inhaled many more toxic substances than [...]

Oregon State University researchers have found that tobacco company-sponsored anti-smoking advertisements aimed at the youth not only have no negative effect on teen smoking, they may actually encourage youngsters to smoke. The study shows that tobacco industry-sponsored prevention ads aimed at parents often have harmful effects on students, also increasing their likelihood of smoking.“We suspected [...]

German plans for a uniform smoking ban in public places appear to be in chaos as Germany’s 16 states fail to agree on common restrictions following the collapse of a nationwide bid, a newspaper has said. “Smoking ban chaos,” the Bild am Sonntag newspaper declared in a headline on Sunday and said there was discord [...]

For women, the attraction of smoking may be the perception of equality. Over the past 50 years smoking has been marketed toward women. About 19 percent of U.S. women smoke compared to 23 percent of men. But women who choose to smoke must also face the health risks. Many smoking women have died and, unfortunately, [...]