Secondhand smoke from cigarettes is much worse than that from vaping, in terms of exposing children to nicotine, a new study finds. Children exposed to vaping indoors absorb less than one-seventh the ...

One more reason to kick butts. Tobacco is the leading cause of preventable death in the US, according to the CDC, causing ...

In 2003, UCLA epidemiologist James Enstrom and I published a study of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS)—also called "secondhand smoke" or "passive smoking"—in the British Medical Journal (BMJ). Using ...

It’s not real tobacco smoke, but the emissions from electronic cigarettes can still contain harmful ingredients. A new study published in the journal Nicotine and Tobacco Research shows that ...

The lungs are one of our vital organs, performing many important functions within the body. They help deliver oxygen to the body and expel carbon dioxide, which are essential for life. Therefore, lung ...

Eliminating the cigarette runs really cut into my Mike and Ike money, but I didn’t care. I wasn’t going to help someone I love pay a giant tobacco-dealing corporation for the privilege of using their ...

The Council has adopted a recommendation that will help reduce exposure to second-hand smoke and aerosols and achieve a tobacco-free generation in Europe by 2040 as set out in Europe’s Beating Cancer ...

This past fall I was at my son’s little league baseball game; a group of 7–8-year-olds, surrounded by parents and grandparents cheering them on. In between innings a few of the parents stepped away, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Since that conclusion flew in the face of the conventional wisdom that had long driven state and local bans on smoking in public ...

In 2003, UCLA epidemiologist James Enstrom and I published a study of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS)—also called "secondhand smoke" or "passive smoking"—in the British Medical Journal (BMJ). Using ...