It's not at all clear that R.J. Reynolds' ad campaign for "light and luscious" Camel No. 9 cigarettes has created extra smokers among teen girls, even though that's the takeaway from a new study in ...

Teenage girls who are concerned about their weight are more likely to take up smoking, a study suggests. Research carried out in the United States has found a direct link between a desire to be thin ...

When she was 13, Kelly O’Brien lit up her first cigarette “to be cool.” Now 16, the Orlando high school student – who comes from a family of smokers – developed a pack-a-day habit that continued until ...

New research shows teenage girls who smoke cigarettes are no more likely to lose weight than girls who don't smoke, dispelling a commonly-held belief. In addition, boys who smoke cigarettes show a ...

Girls who smoke 10 cigarettes per day or more are at greatest risk, particularly for abdominal obesity. Their waist sizes are 1.34 inches larger than nonsmokers’ waists are as young adults, according ...

Girls in the UK are drinking, smoking and vaping more than boys, a major new study by the World Health Organisation (WHO) has found. In one of the largest studies of its kind, the WHO examined data ...

TOAST:A bleak skeleton is all that remains after the Aug. 4 cabin fire (below) at Camp Pontiac — in which all campers were unharmed despite a smoke-detector failure. A group of teen girls and their ...