RICHMOND, Va. -- A Food and Drug Administration review concludes that menthol cigarettes likely pose a greater public health risk than regular cigarettes but does not make a recommendation on whether ...

With the start of a new year, smokers and vapers may have resolved to quit or cut back on the habit to improve their health. They may want to use caution, however, if their strategy involves switching ...

Participants currently smoking menthol or non-menthol cigarette brands had similarly high mortality risks compared to never smoking (e.g., death from any cause was about 2 times higher), but quitting ...

Some scientists have had it up to here with cigarette butts, particularly those from cigarettes with filtered plastic tips. In a new op-ed this week, researchers have called for a global ban of ...

In the early 1950s, cigarette companies in the US were starting to have a problem. For the first time, large-scale scientific studies were showing a link between cigarette smoking and lung cancer. The ...

The government has approved wide-ranging amendments to the country’s tobacco control law, including a comprehensive ban on ...

A photograph of a cigarette containing blue asbestos in its filter is commonly shared on various social media channels, including Reddit: These photographs typically identify the item pictured as a ...