Smoking News

The Navajo Nation Council's summer session starts Monday. Delegates will consider a ban on commercial tobacco and $13 million in spending proposals.

"NO SMOKING": Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss with representatives of Delhi University Students' Union after a 'nukkad natak' on a smoke-free campus on Tuesday.

A Washington County judge has struck a blow for smokers' rights. Circuit Judge Richard Smith told the city of Greenville that it could not ban smoking in bingo halls without the same prohibition in casinos.

Caption: Britney Spears looks happy as she leaves a hair salon Los Angeles, California .... BRITNEY SPEARS' parenting skills have come under question once again after she exposed her young son to second-hand ...

Drug addicts, gamblers and alcoholics trying to kick their habits in treatment facilities won't be allowed to use tobacco under a new regulation that goes into effect across New York state this week.

Microsoft founder Bill Gates and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg are pooling their piles of money to pour $375 million into a global effort to cut smoking.

The letter is the strongest indication yet that the administration will try to block the broadly popular legislation, which is supported by majorities in both chambers, and lists both presidential contenders ...

"The issue of whether secondhand smoke causes breast cancer, as well as numerous other diseases, is difficult to study," says Dr.

An Ohio group is launching a campaign with the hope of repealing some provisions of the statewide smoking ban approved by voters and instituted in the spring of 2007.

Public smoking bans have helped smokers to quit, improved health and cut health-related costs.

The cost of smoking-related diseases was the main reason state governments sued the nation's top cigarette companies in 1998, which led to the $206 billion, 25-year legal settlement.

Junk science on the issue of smoking bans and dramatic, immediate reductions in heart attacks continues to run rampant.

ANTI-SMOKING campaigners have hit out at the amount of radioactive polonium-210 contained in cigarettes.

The Navajo Nation Council is to consider a measure next week during its summer session that would prohibit the use of commercial tobacco in public buildings and shared public air spaces, such as fairs and ...

Children with easy access to cigarettes are more likely to end up regular smokers, particularly if their friends smoke, U.S. researchers say.

Butts are now banned on Carlsbad beaches. The Carlsbad City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to ban smoking on its mile-long stretch of beach and in its parks.

A hearing for three Cripple Creek Casinos accused of violating the Colorado Clean Air Act was held Thursday morning.

More than one million Americans currently participate in the Alcoholics Anonymous program.

Boston, MA - Menthol cigarette brands have been rising in popularity with adolescents, and the highest use has been among younger, newer smokers.

How it once was: A Qantas steward helps a passenger light up. QANTAS has been slammed by anti-smoking groups for a decision to reintroduce cigarette sales on board international flights.