Analysing blood samples of nearly 2,700 children aged 7-10 years from across eight European countries, including Spain and ...

Passive smoking, also known as secondhand smoke, poses significant health risks not only to humans but also to our beloved ...

Parents who believe that opening a window in a room will protect their children from the dangers of passive smoking are being warned that they are misinformed, in a new campaign launched today.

PASSIVE smoking dramatically increases the chances of developing asthma, according to research. Scientists say people whose partner smokes are almost five times more likely to develop the condition.

Smoking or exposure to it causes serious health damage. However, a new study by researchers at the Barcelona Institute for ...

This change in gene expression due to secondhand smoke exposure may make children more vulnerable to disease as adults.

Taking cake to work to share with colleagues causes as much harm to health as passive smoking, the chair of the Food Standards Agency has warned. Sugar and salt tax: the strategy to break ‘junk ...

A recent study published in the journal Environment International found that second-hand or passive exposure to cigarette ...

People with lupus are more susceptible to infections: Respiratory infections are among the most common. Smoking cigarettes increases the risk of pneumococcal pneumonia and chronic bronchitis.

The research suggests that the body's ability to fix DNA damage is more important than the extent of the damage itself in ...