The adjusted risk for COPD was elevated among adults who identified as regular cigarette smokers before age 15 years, ...

Based on survey data, young adults covered by Tobacco 21 (T21) laws say they are smoking less. Biomarkers paint a smokier ...

80 percent of adult smokers start smoking before they are 18, i.e., before they are legally permitted to do so. There is a dirty little rumor going around that the 21-year drinking age is ...

Active smoking of tobacco from age 10 years through 24 years was associated with a 52% increased risk of premature heart damage, such as excessively enlarged heart, decreased relaxation of the ...

Hawaii became the first state to raise its legal smoking age to 21. A few months later, California followed suit by restricting tobacco sales to those 21 or older. Today, more than ...

Most adults who currently smoke start before age 26, with many beginning in adolescence. Smoking initiation in early adolescence, i.e. between 12 and 16 years, was common before 1980, and those ...

Plymouth, Bloomington, St. Louis Park and Edina – set their tobacco sale age at 21 this year in an attempt to decrease the number of addicted people in their ...

Older adults typically develop COPD compared to younger age groups. The longer you’re exposed to certain risk factors, including smoking, the higher the chance of developing this group of lung ...