A team of public health researchers has found "very low-certainty evidence" to support a commonly held belief that nicotine vaping is a gateway to cigarette smoking for young people. "Some—but not all ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. DES MOINES - A last-minute attempt to get a casino smoking ban in Iowa fell by the wayside Tuesday as ...

Show me the facts Explain it like I’m 5 Give me a lighthearted recap A player blows themselves up on accident and more funny fails.

How well are hotels’ smoke-free policies protecting guests from cancer- and asthma-associated pollutants from secondhand and thirdhand smoke residue that lingers in dust, carpets and furniture?

NEW HAVEN James Wooley was understandably leery of a new state law that snuffed out smoking in restaurants Oct 1. Wooley is general manager of Archie Moore s in New Haven, where locals often gathered ...

HONG KONG, Jan 2 (Reuters) - Hong Kong smokers have been lighting up 12 million more cigarettes a month since the city imposed a public-smoking ban a year ago, a newspaper said on Wednesday. Hong Kong ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Though the government recently announced that $10 million of stimulus ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) - The Davenport City Council has failed to approve a proposed ban on smoking in city parks. KWQC-TV reported that the council discussed the proposed smoking ban Wednesday night ...

The following is a Jackson Citizen Patriot editorial for December 23: The curtain has fallen on the 94th Michigan Legislature, and it came not a moment too soon for the public. Lawmakers who pushed ...

CHARLESTON -- A Senate bill aimed at eliminating smoking in public places in West Virginia failed to progress past the committee process, meaning it is dead for this session. The "Smoke Free West ...

On the 27th of last month, a playground in an apartment complex in Jamsil-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul, was littered with cigarette butts. Although a nameplate reading “Songpa-gu Smoke-Free Apartment” was ...

It's come to this: A Northgate bar will hand out free beer Thursday if the College Station City Council chooses not to ban smoking in nightclubs. For 37-year-old Daniel Brightwell, who owns Mad Hatter ...