The appeal of smoking has always been strong from the moment cigarettes were introduced to the public. The links between smoking, danger, and defiance, coupled with the perception that those who s ...

Just days before this year’s US presidential election, when I was wrapping up my interviews with a cross-section of voters in some US states for a research project, I was approached by an old ...

These programs must promote health, and must provide a "reasonable alternative standard" for those who can't meet the initial health requirement, such as participating in a smoking cessation ...

In 2003, UCLA epidemiologist James Enstrom and I published a study of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS)—also called "secondhand smoke" or "passive smoking"—in the British Medical Journal (BMJ).

Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States. Here’s how it damages different parts of your body. Pictures of twins show how smoking dramatically speeds up wrinkles and ...

Banning menthol cigarettes could help convince smokers quit the habit, a new study finds. People who prefer menthol cigarettes would rather buy nicotine gum or other nicotine replacement therapies ...

John Peacock was 16 when he first started smoking, describing it was "the norm" in the 1960s, with his habit going on to cost him up to £400 a month in later years. But the 76-year-old from ...

One month after starting, 22% of people in the opt-out group had quit smoking, while only 16% in the opt-in group had quit. Their findings were recently published in JAMA Network Open. The study ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Teen smoking hit an all-time low in the U.S. this year, part of a big drop in the youth use of tobacco overall, the government reported Thursday. There was a 20 percent drop in ...

The Federal Aviation Administration did away with a rule that had required an off switch for the sign even though smoking on U.S. flights ended years ago. By Niraj Chokshi The days of airplane ...

A plan for Canada's three biggest tobacco companies to pay out $32.5 billion to provinces, territories and smokers is now in the works, but some hurdles remain before any money starts flowing.