For that reason, the rule could permanently change smoking in America. The FDA insists that the proposal isn’t a ban per se. But in the rule’s intended effect, ban may indeed be an apt term.

The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday proposed curbing the level of nicotine in cigarettes to make the products less addictive in an ambitious effort to help more Americans quit smoking.

So it came as a shock to the American public when, on January 11, 1964, their surgeon general appeared on television saying that smoking tobacco leads to disease and death. Luther Terry ...

Currently, there is no direct research on the effects that smoking weed has on a cold. While some people say that smoking cannabis helps with inflammatory symptoms, others argue that the heat and ...

Since 2007 there have been moves towards stricter regulations on smoking in public spaces across the world. But have any of these had noticeable health impacts? Sally Howard and Geetanjali Krishna ...

Those aged 18 to 24 years have had the largest reduction in smoking prevalence (15.9 percentage points) between 2011 (25.7%) and 2023 (9.8%). Around 5.1 million adults aged 16 years and over (9.8%) ...

It is troubling—and somewhat puzzling—that roughly 11% of adult Americans continue to voluntarily inhale the hot gases of combustion in smoking tobacco, not to mention those now inhaling hot gases ...

The US surgeon general wants to see cancer warnings on wine, beer, and spirits. In an advisory published Friday, the surgeon general, Dr. Vivek Murthy, said that alcohol was a leading cause of ...

On average, a single cigarette takes 20 minutes off a person’s life, according to a new study published at University College London. To put that into perspective, a pack of 20 cigarettes can ...

Within 2-12 weeks, your circulation will improve and your lung function will increase. After 1 to 9 months of quitting smoking, coughing and shortness of breath will decrease. Your risk of coronary ...

They all work on the small screen. How hard can it be? Sharyn Ghidella at the TV Week Logie Awards this year. But the universal truth is – well, in my case anyway – the spotlight is a ...

They have published an editorial in the journal Addiction outlining their study that examined the lifespans of smokers in the U.K. There is an overwhelming amount of research showing that smoking ...