Smoking News

The Mississippi Tobacco Free Coalition had proposed the ordinance. The Enterprise-Journal reports that the board voted 5-0 this week against the ordinance.

An man smokes a cigarette as he takes a break at a fruit market in Hyderabad, India.

A woman holds a cigarette while walking on campus at The College of New Jersey. A New Jersey state senator wants to ban stores from selling tobacco products to anyone under 21.

With so many smoke free zones in this country, I think there should be more laws on the books regarding this, especially around kids.

Three months after smoking was banned around Charleston's hospital district dropped butts are so common across the street in Cannon Park that other smokers are appalled.

With the House, the Senate, and the Governor agreeing on a $1.60 tax increase on cigarettes there is very little smokers and owners of tobacco shops can do.

Staying in a nonsmoking room in a hotel that allows smoking elsewhere does not prevent exposure to tobacco smoke, a new study reports.

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Gov. Mark Dayton has proposed tapping smokers and corporations to fill in the funding gap for the state's share of the new Vikings stadium.

Campaigners are calling for more legislation to cut the number of adult smokers in Wales as figures reveal a fall of just 1% in six years.

The president of the Ottawa Council on Smoking or Health says she has fielded dozens of complaints since last fall about second hand smoke on Sparks Street.

Hoboken's New Jersey Assemblyman Ruben J. Ramos went to New York City today to announce that Garden State lawmakers plan to introduce legislation to raise the minimum age to buy tobacco products from 19 to 21.

Researchers from Moffitt Cancer Center and the University of South Florida have evaluated how Florida health care and social service agencies distribute "Libres para Siempre" , a Spanish smoking relapse prevention booklet series.

Mother Ethel Ljubic and brother Donovan Ljubic with tattoos of the late Jason Ljubic .

That's the message the vast majority of Americans send to the smokers within their social circle, a new study finds.

Adora is home to creative chef Avi Biton, and when it comes to the many elements of a positive dining experience, the place is a case in point.

At Brownie's Irish Pub in Old City during Wednesday's happy hour, bartender Robert McDevitt was not happy to hear about the mayor's drink-tax proposal.

Health Minister Mark Drakeford has announced the Welsh Government is to drop proposals to exempt film and television performers from the smoking ban.

Lung cancer kills more Canadians than any other form of the disease. Smoking is the No.

Closing arguments took place Tuesday in a case to decide whether tobacco companies are liable for harm to West Virginia smokers.

Mayor Michael Nutter today announced a funding package that will give the School District of Philadelphia an additional $95 million in the next fiscal year, even more than the $60 million the school district had requested from the city to fill its latest budget hole .