PUNITIVE tobacco taxes have blown a £1.4 billion black hole in Treasury coffers, as smokers turn to black market cigs. A whopping £3.1bn in excise tax from a range of goods was lost last year to ...

John Sheda. I greatly enjoyed Rev. Mike Nodland’s article of last week and what a novel idea, the “Anti-Bucket” list. So I commenced thinking of all the silly, goofy and downright stupid things I’ve ...

You might have read about several ways to quit smoking, including consuming medicated chewing gums, doing breathing exercises ...

Charting an enduring obsession with smoking in the work of iconic writer-director David Lynch, who was diagnosed with emphysema before his death last week at 78.

New tests on DNA collected from a cigarette butt and the inside of a Chevy Blazer helped investigators unravel a grisly 1997 double slaying of a Stevens County mother and her daughter.

CHDs are the most common type of congenital condition, seen in about 1% of all newborns in the United States. CHDs range in severity; some mild CHDs resolve on their own, but complicated ...

One proposal, to prohibit anyone born after 2008 from ever buying cigarettes, is backed by 71% of voters. Another, to ban disposable vapes, is supported by 83%.

A surgically created hole in the neck, called a stoma, is sometimes the best treatment. Smoking can cause significant damage to your lungs, throat, and respiratory system.

Reference: Carrillo-Beltrán D, Osorio JC, Blanco R, Oliva C, Boccardo E, Aguayo F. Interaction between cigarette smoke and Human Papillomavirus 16 E6/E7 oncoproteins to induce SOD2 expression and DNA ...

A UK woman went outside for what she thought was a relaxing cigarette break — but was nearly paralyzed after she lost her footing and fell 12 feet. She has since recovered and is now a mom.

Just 11.5% of Americans regularly lit up cigarettes last year, better than the 12% goal set by the U.S. government’s Healthy People 2020 plan and the lowest level since 1965, according to a ...

A man was allegedly slashed in the throat at a bus stop in a North Carolina tourist town after he asked a stranger for a cigarette. The Asheville Police Department (APD) said the suspect, a White ...