One more reason to kick butts. Tobacco is the leading cause of preventable death in the US, according to the CDC, causing everything from cancer to lung disease to heart disease. Second hand smoke, ...

At a holiday party for my graduate students and alumni, I noticed an unusual number of them traipsing out to the stoop to smoke cigarettes. I give these parties every year, and there are always a ...

NEW DELHI, Dec 31 (Reuters) - India has imposed an excise duty on cigarettes in a range of 2,050-8,500 rupees ($22.8-$94.5) per thousand sticks based on the length of the products, effective February ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“Need a cigarette to make me feel better,” crooned pop star Addison Rae on her 2025 single “Headphones On,” while Lorde sang “this is the best cigarette of my life” in her own 2025 release, “What Was ...

People who smoke only a couple of cigarettes a day still face surprisingly high risks of heart problems and early death. A large review of long-term studies shows that even very light smokers can see ...

The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) has endorsed a federal policy that would make cigarettes far less addictive. The proposed policy by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sets a ...

They were the kind of photos that stop you mid-scroll: Dua Lipa posing with a lit cigarette pressed between her lips — not sneaking a smoke but flaunting it like a must-have accessory. The images, ...