Starting today, California is taking a stand against thirdhand smoke. While most people are well aware of the health threat of secondhand smoke — what you inhale from someone smoking a cigarette ...

China has unveiled plans to tighten controls over e-cigarette production and investment to address concerns over fierce intra-industry competition and excess capacity, the latest step in the country’s ...

Despite a nationwide ban since 2019, electronic cigarettes, commonly known as vapes, continue to be freely available in Chandigarh, a random check by this reporter at two of the city markets revealed.

Picture this: You fill your pick-up truck with leaded gas, then speed off as fast as you feel like – no seatbelt, cigarette dangling, a couple of kids bouncing around in the truck bed. All the while, ...

Joe Grantham is a contributor from the UK with a degree in Classical Studies. His love for gaming is only rivaled by a deep passion for medieval history, which often seeps into his articles. With over ...

Viewers might not realize it, but Ron Howard’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas was a family affair. Ron, 71, opened up about the movie in Vulture’s sprawling oral history of the film, published Dec. 12 ...

Like everybody these days, I’m a dopamine junkie who compulsively checks his phone every few minutes in wretched need of another hit. But one addiction I’ve never understood is the impulse to gamble.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

This ‘Baba’ is popular among his disciples as ‘Cigarette Baba’ as he claims to treat all the ills with it, challenging the medical science and the slogan that smoking is injurious to health.