Scientists at the University of Oklahoma have identified a previously unrecognized immune system pathway that helps explain how cigarette smoking increases the risk of cardiovascular disease. The ...

For the first time, scientists have directly measured how smoking changes the mechanical behavior of human lung tissue. Published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface, the study, directed by ...

Former smokers are still more likely to develop diseases like COPD and lung cancer than people who have never smoked.

Maternal smoking during pregnancy exerts profound and lasting impacts on foetal lung morphogenesis and postnatal respiratory health. Tobacco smoke constituents, notably nicotine, disrupt branching ...