A woman in Canada has become a global symbol of defiance against Iran's regime. A viral video shows her lighting a cigarette ...

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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 ...

We asked the experts if social smoking was essentially playing with fire. Ask Well We asked the experts if social smoking was essentially playing with fire. Credit...Eric Helgas for The New York Times ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. I pride myself on not being too health-conscious. But I am also not a fool. It is ...

The prevalence of vaping increased fivefold among 18- to 24-year-olds in England from 2014 to 2024, surpassing smoking rates and driving an overall rise in nicotine use in this youngest age group; ...

I quit smoking almost a generation ago, and I still miss it. Not “miss it” like I miss my 20-year-old knees or being able to eat four slices of pizza without immediately regretting it. No, I mean I ...

A new major study from Queen Mary University of London has found that smokers who use both cigarettes and e-cigarettes at the same time—known as dual use—are reducing their intake of harmful chemicals ...

Is the smell of marijuana really so pervasive in a small Long Island city that they have to institute a law about smoking it in public? It's a simple question, but one that drew differing opinions ...

Anyone walking through Brown’s campus may smell wafts of cigarette smoke — a sign of the prevalence of cigarette use on college campuses. On College Hill, students might be seen smoking a cigarette in ...

In a study funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, new research from Johns Hopkins Medicine adds to existing evidence that smoking fewer cigarettes does not eliminate cardiovascular ...