THURSDAY, Nov. 27 (HealthDay News) — During Lung Cancer Awareness Month in November, female smokers should take advantage of available resources, pick a quit day, and start taking steps toward kicking the habit, urges The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG).
Even though smoking takes an average of 14.5 years off women’s lives, almost one in five American women age 18 and older smokes.
“The damaging effects of smoking on women are extensive, well-documented, and can be observed from the cradle to the premature grave,” Dr. Sharon Phelan said in an organization news release. She helped develop ACOG’s smoking cessation materials for health care providers. Read More

TUESDAY, Nov. 25 (HealthDay News) — A new review of existing data confirms that some common inhalers don’t boost the life spans of people with the lung disease known as
MONDAY, Nov. 24 (HealthDay News) — Blocking a neuropeptide receptor in the brain may be one way to quickly lessen the desire for a cigarette, a new study suggests.
MONDAY, Nov. 24 (HealthDay News) — Like Americans in general, fewer U.S. nurses are
FRIDAY, Nov. 21 (HealthDay News) — The cancer-fighting pill
THURSDAY, Nov. 20 (HealthDay News) — Damage to the arteries of children of smokers can be detected in the early decades of their lives, a new Dutch study finds.
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) — Everyone knows
MONDAY, Nov. 17 (HealthDay News) — In research that might have implications for human reproduction, U.S. and Chinese scientists have found that cigarette smoke damages mouse eggs and embryos.

