Scientists issue passive smoking warning
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No one should be exposed to passive smoking because of the serious health risks it poses, according to an expert committee of scientists, it emerged today.
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Just one puff of a cigarette could  damage a smoker's DNA, the first step to cancer and heart  disease, researchers said on Friday.
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Children exposed to passive smoking have a higher risk of developing lung cancer later in life than other youngsters, according to new research.
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Science & environment: More regulation needed to curb the potential harms of pollution, say researchers
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Nicotine vaccine looks to help smokers kick the habit.
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NEW YORK  - The tobacco industry for many  years claimed that it was unaware of biological evidence that  smoking is harmful to health, but that was untrue according to  a medical journal report.
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Unions call on employers to ban smoking at work to help prevent up to 700 deaths a year from passive smoking.
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Churchgoers and priests risk lung disease from air pollution caused by candles and incense, Dutch scientists say.
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WASHINGTON - Second hand smoke can cause cancer. Itâs what the surgeon general says, so too the Environmental Protection Agency and the World Health Organization.
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Tobacco companies tried to cast doubt on the link between smoking and cancer by funding projects that challenged the findings of a landmark study, scientists said on Friday.
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Children exposed to passive smoking are likely to do worse at school than their peers, research suggests.
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The basic medical warning about the dangers of smoking is especially important for anyone with a relative, however distant, who has had lung cancer, a new Icelandic study shows.
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There are no half-measures for heavy smokers wanting to minimise their health risks, research suggests.
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A tobacco firm has said allegations it covered up evidence of the harmful effects of passive smoking are &quot;false, inaccurate and highly misleading&quot;.
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Philip Morris, one of the nation&#39;s biggest manufacturers of tobacco products, conducted a study in 1982 that revealed the dangers of passive smoking.
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Separate smoking sections don&#039;t cut it: Only smoke-free buildings and public places truly protect nonsmokers from the hazards of breathing in other people&#039;s tobacco smoke, says a long-awaited surgeon general&#039;s report.
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A new study conducted by researchers at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center suggests that a social smoker age 50 or older has a risk for developing lung cancer similar to that of a smoker under age 50 who smoked three packs a day