From improvements to your skin to a lower risk of heart disease happens to your body in the hours, days, weeks and months after you give up cigarettes.

We’ve known for decades that smoking leads to serious health problems including cancer, lung and heart disease, stroke, and diabetes. Despite the health risks, quitting smoking is a significant ...

Past studies show that there are a number of lifestyle factors that may contribute to the development of type 2 diabetes, such as smoking. There are different subtypes of type 2 diabetes, which can be ...

“There’s no one who doesn’t know the risks,” says Peter Shields, MD, a professor of internal medicine and epidemiology at the Ohio State University in Columbus. But, he says, nicotine is incredibly ...

While experts cannot say how many years it may take to develop mouth cancer from smoking, they do know it is a leading risk factor for the condition, with most cases occurring in people who smoke.