You've likely heard that smoking cigarettes raises your risk for lung cancer, heart disease and stroke, but what about pipe smoking? Like cigarettes, smoking a pipe can have serious health ...

Smoking cigars was linked to an increased risk for stroke, atrial fibrillation, and heart failure, while smokeless tobacco raised the risk of dying from coronary heart disease. Pipe use showed ...

A Senate panel Monday approved a bill that would allow local governments to restrict smoking at beaches and public parks, but puffing cigars and pipes would still be allowed. The Environment and ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - If you thought it was only cigarettes that were dangerous to smoke, think again, with a U.S. study showing cigars and pipes also raise the risk of lung disease, defying ...

It’s a common misconception that cigars are safer than cigarettes. Contrary to popular belief, cigars aren’t safer than cigarettes. They’re actually more harmful, even for people who don’t ...

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. Lizzy Lawrence leads STAT’s coverage of the ...

As I sat down at my desk this morning to write this article, something caused me to take stock of everything on it. A computer, of course, reading glasses, assorted labels and stationery, a couple of ...

In the USA, legal definitions of cigarettes and cigars are critical to tobacco control policy because federal, state and local laws typically tax and regulate cigarettes more strictly than cigars. In ...

Minneapolis passed an ordinance last year aimed to close a “loophole” in the state’s prohibition on indoor smoking that allowed for licensed tobacconists to run cigar lounges. It appeared to affect ...