Public health messages have told us for decades that if you smoke, you should quit. And if you don’t smoke, don’t start. But a new study suggests smoking may be even worse than we thought. The study, ...

Tobacco use among teens have fallen in the last couple years, but rates remain buoyed by the popularity of e-cigarettes. According to the CDC, roughly 1 in 4 high school students have reported using a ...

Cigarette smoking may be declining worldwide, but tobacco use is still responsible for the deaths of about 6 million people globally each year, according to the World Health Organization. For most, ...

Smoke-free restaurants are just the beginning. The American Lung Association is now armed with another $369,000 for the eventual goal of reducing exposure to secondhand smoke in communities in Greater ...

A new article published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology has shown that smoking beginning in childhood or in the later teenage years may lead to premature heart damage. The cohort ...

Young adults are now more likely to vape than to use traditional cigarettes. After years of public health success in decreasing the numbers of people using cigarettes, researchers are seeing striking ...

I’m hanging out with a couple of friends on their apartment balcony when one pal hands me a cigarette. Now, this may not seem like a big deal to some, especially for seasoned puffers, but I smoke only ...

Jack Buck existed in a completely different era of sports broadcasting than his son Joe. And that might be most apparent when hearing what the elder Buck’s advice was for young aspiring sportscasters.

A multiyear effort that began with Gov. Tim Kaine signing in 2006 an executive order banning smoking in state buildings was realized today with the implementation of a statewide ban on smoking in most ...