Ateam of scientists estimates that providing patients with depression with the tools to quit smoking could save as many as 125,000 lives over the next 80 years. That number jumps to 203,000 when ...

Smoking during pregnancy may increase children's mental health issues, with implications for internalizing and externalizing ...

Kicking the habit can be hard enough, but smokers with depression face a steeper challenge. Now there’s evidence that the drug varenincline (Chantix) can help. About half of smokers who try to quit ...

Smoking is increasing among pregnant women with depression in the United States, according to new research at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and the City University of New York.

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Ever wonder why smoking and depression seem to go together? A Saint Louis University School of Public Health study finds the connection is genetic. Researchers found that the genes ...

Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh found that women smokers who experienced an increase in depressive symptoms during smoking-cessation treatment may be more likely to relapse. However, a ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Pfizer's stop-smoking drug Chantix does not raise risks of heart attack or depression, contrary to previous reports, and should be recommended to more smokers wanting to quit, ...

Research shows that depression is an independent risk factor for cardio-vascular disease, equal to smoking. Yes, long-term, depression is as harmful as smoking. Think heart attacks, cholesterol, ...

Add another downside of lighting up to the list. The risks of smoking are well-documented, from the fact that a single ...