WASHINGTON, D.C. — Separate smoking sections don't cut it: Only smoke-free buildings and public places truly protect nonsmokers from the hazards of breathing in other people's tobacco smoke, says a ...

People who don’t smoke can still be at risk for heart disease, lung cancer and stroke after they’re exposed to secondhand smoke. Almost 20% of nonsmoking workers in the United States were ...

Inhaling second-hand smoke in a car, for instance, is much worse than inhaling it when you are outdoors at a concert. Nevertheless, if you are not a weed smoker, it’s wise to avoid those who are.

These problems are only going to become more acute. While the proportion of adults who smoke cigarettes has declined from over 40 percent in the 1960s to 14 percent today, use of marijuana is on ...

Children exposed to second-hand smoke are more likely to get invasive meningococcal disease than children who are not exposed, reports a study from Chien-Chang Lee at the Harvard School of Public ...

Breathing second-hand smoke during childhood can lead to long-term breathing and health problems and a shorter life expectancy, according to a new scientific statement from the American Heart ...

People without any exposure to tobacco smoke scored 16.3 points on average, while those who breathed second-hand smoke scored 13.7 points and smokers scored 11.6 points.

Second-hand smoke's mark on the DNA. While the effects of maternal smoking during pregnancy have long been known to affect the epigenome, this research is among the first to show how second-hand ...

Women exposed to tobacco smoke for a long time may have an increased risk for miscarriage, experiencing stillbirth or a pregnancy outside the uterus, according to a new study. However, those ...

In a recent study, saliva revealed exposure to tobacco smoke in roughly 80 percent of children brought to the hospital for asthma or breathing problems. But only about a third of parents said ...