The cancer death rate (regardless of the kind of cancer) was two and one-half times greater in heavy cigarette smokers—a pack or more a day—than in the non-smoking group. Heavy cigarette ...

Heavy smoking was associated with a significantly ... defined in binary terms as “current smoker,” (one or more cigarettes in the previous 12 months) or “ex-smoker,” (smoked, but not ...

Smoking has been a common ... Some people think that only heavy smokers get addicted, but this is far from true. Nicotine, the addictive substance in cigarettes, can create dependency even if ...

Smoking, particularly heavy smoking, is linked to some unexplained strokes in younger adults, mainly in male individuals and ...

People who smoke heavily — 20 packs of cigarettes a year or more ... public health efforts around preventing smoking, especially heavy smoking, may be an important way to help reduce the ...

And heavy smoking is even worse, with stroke risk more than quadrupled among adults who smoke more than a pack of cigarettes every ... can slow progression of multiple sclerosis, study suggests ...