Women face biological, hormonal, and psychosocial factors that complicate smoking cessation, prompting experts to call for sex-specific strategies to improve quit success.

Smoking can damage the heart even in small amounts, and experts warn that the risks are higher for women. Studies show women who smoke face a 25% greater risk of coronary artery disease than men.

About one in 14 pregnant women who gave birth in the United States in 2016 smoked cigarettes during her pregnancy, according to a report released Wednesday. The findings, gathered by the Centers for ...

Studies consistently show that while women try to quit smoking at similar rates as men, they are more likely to relapse despite multiple attempt. Why is it so?

Throughout the 15-year wrangle over the effects of smoking on health, women smokers have offered a medical conundrum. Although they puff at cigarettes with the same freedom as men, they do not suffer ...

Women -- but not men -- who often smoke weed face a significantly higher risk of death from cardiovascular disease compared to women who don't use cannabis, a new study out of France finds. Women — ...