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

Smoking hurts everyone, but women under the age of 50 who smoke are at four to five times greater risk for having a heart attack, according to KOAT health expert Dr. Barry Ramo. He says most people ...

Middle-aged women from more deprived backgrounds in Great Britain are significantly more likely to smoke and face greater challenges when trying to quit, according to a new study from researchers at ...