A new state law limits tobacco use in the car for some people.

By Hugo Francisco de Souza Rare genetic variants in a little-studied nicotine receptor subunit are linked to markedly lower ...

NORAH Mahony started smoking at 11 to fit in at school — and spent decades quitting, relapsing and starting again. Now, the ...

Cigarette smoking use has dropped nationwide and is projected to dip further by 2035. Young Americans are smoking less than older adults, according to a study. States that traditionally have high ...

A woman reflects on decades of quitting and relapsing, the nostalgia tied to smoking, and why she's rethinking what it means to quit.

Cigarette smoking, long-known for its adverse health effects and connection to lung cancers, is at its lowest usage across the United States since officials started tracking rates in 1990, according ...

“There’s no one who doesn’t know the risks,” says Peter Shields, MD, a professor of internal medicine and epidemiology at the Ohio State University in Columbus. But, he says, nicotine is incredibly ...

Through a series of experiments supported by the National Institutes of Health, Johns Hopkins Medicine (JHM) researchers say they have advanced understanding of how smoking damages the eye and ...

Smoking remains one of the most persistent public health challenges across the globe, even as awareness of its risks ...