Parkinson's paradox, linking current smoking to lower disease risk but linking quitting to lower all-cause mortality.

A new study of smokers finds that currently smoking is associated with a lower risk of developing Parkinson's disease, but quitting smoking was associated with a lower risk of death.

In 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reporte d that in the United States “5.5% of all births were to women who reported smoking cigarettes at any time during pregnancy.” That ...

Having parents with a history of smoking is associated with a significantly increased risk of developing pediatric MS, a ...

There is a link between non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) and smoking. Heavy smoking has an association with NHL, and the link is especially strong with the subtype known as follicular lymphoma. A 2017 ...

A study of 410,000 adults finds current smokers have a lower Parkinson’s risk, while quitters have a higher Parkinson's risk but a much lower risk of death.