Smoking News

After several residents and anti-smoking advocates gave their opinions Tuesday night of a draft secondhand smoking ordinance, most council members said they think smoking should be banned in all multifamily housing, both inside and out.

As people age, bone tends to deteriorate faster, causing osteoporosis and other disorders.

The American Cancer Society has issued its annual report on the efforts of states to curb smoking and overall tobacco use, and has found New Jersey dead last in terms of spending state money on programs to help people kick the habit.

A cigarette here, a few drinks there and choosing potato chips over baby carrots all add up.

A day after Statistics Canada said smoking levels have flatlined in Canada, a report says employers should implement company smoking bans.

A family of eight was displaced from their home on Tuesday after the house caught fire from a carelessly discarded cigarette.

Okaloosa County commissioners on Tuesday put their support behind local high school students working to ban the sale of candy-flavored tobacco products.

The smoking rate for adults in the USA dipped last year after a seven-year smoking stall, a new government reports says.

The effects of long-term cigarette smoking on morbidity and mortality have long been known.

Researchers have reportedly developed a medical test, previously used to measure a toxin found in tobacco smokers, and adapted it to measure the same toxin exhibited in spinal cord injury patients and multiple sclerosis .

The nation's smoking rate generally has been falling for decades, but had seemed to stall at around 20 to 21 percent for about seven years.

The results of the latest national health survey by the government finds the percentage of smokers in the United States has dropped to 18 percent in 2012.

Mountain View Apartments for seniors and the disabled at 895 West 12th Street, Juneau., is one of several AHFC facilities to go totally smoke free in August.

The Warren County Fire Marshal's Office has determined that a fire in which an elderly woman died early Thursday morning was caused by her smoking in bed.

B.C. has the lowest smoking rate in the country, but the Canadian Cancer Society says the figure hasn't fallen in six years.

States with tighter restrictions on the sale of cigarettes to teens also had lower adult smoking rates, especially among women, researchers found.

Lindsay Lohan may be in the process of cleaning up her act, but apparently that doesn't include her cigarette obsession.

The new rule is meant to create healthier living conditions, company officials told the NY Times.

The cigarette industry is in decline. Not because of a drop in sales or revenue, but because there exists a conundrum for cigarette producers - cigarettes or e-cigarettes? An e-cigarette is an electronic inhaler that vaporizes a liquid solution into an aerosol mist, simulating tobacco smoke.

Folks who exercise on a county greenway say they're fed up with smokers. Smokers gather by the dozens on the Little Sugar Creek Greenway near Carolinas Medical Center.