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 ...

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 ...

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).

As Parliament proceeds full steam ahead with the legislative process of new smoking and vaping laws, various business, labour and social stakeholders have expressed frustration with what they ...

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 ...

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 ...

Three tobacco giants are proposing to pay close to $25 billion to provinces and territories and more than $4 billion to tens of thousands of Quebec smokers and their loved ones as part of a ...

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 ...

The plan is part of a series of measures aimed at tackling the health effects of smoking, one of the UK's leading causes of preventable death, disability and ill-health. Although smoking rates ...

A recent report by the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that 8 million people die annually from smoking related complications. Despite efforts by governments and various organizations to ...

Your support makes all the difference. Sir Keir Starmer is set to drop a proposed ban on smoking in pub and restaurant gardens, it’s been reported. Smokers will still be barred from lighting up ...