New research suggests heavy marijuana smoking may raise the risk of lung cancer risk, as well as head and neck cancer. Research has also linked nicotine-based vaping to cancer risk.

The damage from smoking has long been traced through the lungs, heart, and blood vessels. But another pathway may be helping ...

Recreational use of marijuana has gained a lot of momentum since Colorado and Washington became the first states to legalize it in 2012. According to a recent poll by Gallup, roughly 15 percent of ...

Quitting smoking is a major win for your health, but the journey does not end with the last cigarette. Years of exposure leave behind toxins, oxidative stress, and inflammation in the lungs, and these ...

A diet rich in fruit, vegetables and whole grains is generally recommended for better health and to lower the risk of cancer ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lung cancer rates and deaths have fallen precipitously in recent decades overall — but diagnoses are rising for nonsmokers. (Getty ...

Over 100 years ago, lung cancer was relatively uncommon. But this was well before Hollywood glamorized smoking and the tobacco industry launched mass advertising campaigns. Fast forward to today, and ...

A surprising new study suggests that eating a very healthy diet—packed with fruits, vegetables, and whole grains—might be ...

Scott Brooks, from Maltby, was just 17 when he started smoking, saying it was just "the norm" for the 1980s. But after ...

UChicago PME researchers trace a new pathway of disruptive chemical messages that could help explain why heavy smokers face ...

Despite being positioned as a tool for quitting smoking, vaping is as potentially harmful as cigarettes - and can cause both mouth and lung cancer. Despite health chiefs across the world saying that e ...