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Babies who begin life with a long hospital stay are especially vulnerable to secondhand smoke. That’s galvanized health officials at one children’s…
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City supervisors tried to ban menthol cigarettes and vape flavors in 2017, but tobacco purveyors funded a drive to put the measure to voters instead. Now dueling ads vie for hearts and minds.
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Researchers have found that residue stuck on smokers' clothes, furniture or other surfaces can become airborne and pollute indoor air.
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Newly published research suggests that more than 10 percent of Oklahomans vape–the highest rate in the country.Researchers at the New York University…
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It would be the first time in the agency's history that it has sought to regulate the amount of nicotine in cigarettes.
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Legislation that would ban smoking in vehicles containing children has cleared an Oklahoma House committee.The House Public Health Committee voted 7-1…
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The Obama administration has issued a sweeping final rule banning smoking in all public housing units nationwide, extending a smoke-free environment to nearly a million units.
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It's true that the earlier a smoker quits the better, but even people who quit in their 60s lowered their risk of death compared to those who kept puffing away.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says smoking rates have fallen from 21 percent of the adult population in 2005 to 15 percent in 2015, when the agency conducted its latest survey.
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French teens smoke at a much higher rate than their American counterparts. The French health minister is trying to remove the glamour and raise the price.