NORAH Mahony started smoking at 11 to fit in at school — and spent decades quitting, relapsing and starting again. Now, the ...

A massive nationwide study shows that lighting up before age 20 leaves a lasting cardiovascular imprint, intensifying the damage of smoking and raising the risk of heart attack, stroke, and early ...

The age at which you start smoking could have a bigger effect than how long you’ve smoked for, a study suggests. Researchers from Seoul National University Hospital have said that starting smoking ...

A Royal Stoke employee who started smoking at the age of just 12 has finally kicked the habit. Care co-ordinator Amanda Carter had smoked for more than 40 years until the intervention of the ...