Cigarettes have always been noxious to me: As a kid, I stole my grandpa’s Marlboros and hid them deep in a trash bin. In college, Chesterfields made the kisses of a woman I loved taste carcinogenic.

Teenagers turning 18 in Britain will no longer be able to buy a pack of cigarettes following new legislation aimed at implementing a generational smoking ban. Lawmakers approved a bill that makes it ...

The United Kingdom has passed a landmark law which will make it illegal for anyone born after 2008 to ever buy tobacco products. On Tuesday, the House of Lords – the UK parliament’s upper house – ...

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Wednesday signed a bill that will ban vaping in public places under the same law that bans smoking. The Alabama Clean Indoor Air Act, passed in 2003, prohibits smoking in most ...

Smoking cigarettes may raise dementia risk by triggering harmful chemical signals from the lungs to the brain, finds new research from the University of Chicago. The study adds deeper understanding to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Less than 10% of U.S. adults reported smoking cigarettes in 2024. The prevalence of cigar smoking and ...

Britney Spears has once again raised eyebrows with her concerning behavior. The pop star, 44, was caught smoking a cigarette at a gas station, per a Thursday, April 2, report. When Spears’ driver ...

In my early 20s, my favorite movie theater was a once-grand, crumbling landmark where you almost never had to search out a seat. After the previews, a young John Waters appeared onscreen, cigarette in ...

A new overview of the best available evidence worldwide for smoking cessation has found that nicotine‑containing e‑cigarettes appear to be more effective for smoking cessation than other interventions ...

Yes, you read that right — cigarettes are having a moment again. Just when it seemed we’d burned that bad habit to the ground, Hollywood — ironically part of the nation’s most health obsessed state — ...

Sarah Todd returned to reporting in January 2025 after being assignment editor at STAT since October 2022. You can reach Sarah on Signal at sarahlizchar.47. The cigarette smoking rate among U.S.