By Priyanjana Pramanik, MSc. A massive nationwide study shows that lighting up before age 20 leaves a lasting cardiovascular imprint, intensifying the damage of smoking and raising the risk of heart ...

Tobacco use among teens have fallen in the last couple years, but rates remain buoyed by the popularity of e-cigarettes. According to the CDC, roughly 1 in 4 high school students have reported using a ...

Cigarette smoking may be declining worldwide, but tobacco use is still responsible for the deaths of about 6 million people globally each year, according to the World Health Organization. In the ...

Researchers urge governments to raise the legal age to purchase cigarettes to 22 years or higher as study finds it becomes less addictive and easier to quit as people get older. The research is ...

Up to 40 lives are lost a day as a result of smoking-related cardiovascular disease THE age you first start smoking has a major effect on your risk of heart disease – more than the number of years you ...

Researchers found that people who began smoking before the age of 20 faced significantly higher risks of stroke, heart attack ...

Starting to smoke before the age of 20 can have serious repercussions for your health later in life - even if you haven't sparked up a cigarette for decades. Researchers from Seoul National University ...