Every type of smoking poses serious risks to heart health, from traditional cigarettes to modern alternatives like vaping. While many people recognize smoking’s connection to lung disease, its effects ...

Smoking is now linked to rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune disease causing joint pain and damage. Chemicals in cigarettes ...

Cigarette smoking has long been linked to numerous health problems, but its devastating effect on heart health remains one of the most concerning. Research continues to underscore the complex and ...

Cigarette smoking is associated with a risk of heart failure, both when ejection fraction is reduced and when it’s preserved, according to an analysis from the community-based Atherosclerosis Risk In ...

Smoking is one of the most dangerous, but preventable, causes of heart disease. When you smoke, you're damaging your blood vessels, which means your body isn't getting the oxygen it needs. This, over ...

Aug. 25 (UPI) --Smoking causes worse damage to the heart than experts previously thought, affecting its structure and function and making it thicker, heavier and weaker over time, a new study warns.

A new article published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology has shown that smoking beginning in childhood or in the later teenage years may lead to premature heart damage. The cohort ...

There’s further evidence that smokers with heart disease should kick the habit as soon as possible if they want a shot at a longer life. “Patients could gain nearly five years of healthy life” by ...

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 ...

Smokers have weaker hearts than non-smokers, according to new research. The study found that the more people smoked, the worse their heart function became. Some function was restored when people ...

Smoking marijuana at least once a month is linked to an elevated risk of heart attack, according to a new study among nearly 160,000 people in the U.K. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...