Smoking can increase the risk of lower back pain that requires spinal surgery, according to a study published in The Spine Journal. Researchers looked at cases of lumbar spinal stenosis — a common ...

Smokers who have chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD) may face nearly twice the risk of getting small cell lung cancer (SCLC)--the deadliest form of lung cancer--than smokers who don't have ...

December 2, 2011 — Smokers with thyroid eye disease are twice as likely to require strabismus surgery as nonsmokers, further confirming the damaging role smoking plays in the autoimmune eye disease, ...

PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. — While vaping was marketed as less harmful than smoking cigarettes, researchers reported it is clear doing both isn’t safe. Researchers found tobacco users who use e-cigarettes to ...