NEW YORK (AP) — Following New York City's lead, state lawmakers have taken up the cause to raise the minimum age for cigarette purchases from 18
THE PROPOSAL: No one under 21 would be able to buy cigarettes in New York City, under a proposal that marks the latest in a decade of moves to
CHEW 'EM IF YOU GOT 'EM: The Food and Drug Administration says smokers who are trying to quit can safely use over-the counter nicotine gum,
GRAPHIC ADS: Government health officials launched the second round of a graphic ad campaign Thursday that is designed to get smokers off tobacco,
___ Cypriot lawmakers reject deposits tax bill
UP IN SMOKE: The government is abandoning a legal battle to have cigarette packs carry large, often macabre warnings depicting the dangers of
SEATTLE (AP) — Washington high school students who participated in a statewide survey say they are twice as likely to smoke marijuana as
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Philip Morris International Inc. said Wednesday that CEO Louis C.
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Increased awareness and use of electronic cigarettes in the U.S.
HANOVER, N.H. (AP) — C. Everett Koop, anti-smoking surgeon general who spoke frankly on AIDS, dies in NH at 96.
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia has issued regulations that will require cigarette packets to bear graphic photographic warnings, a
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday ordered tobacco companies to publish corrective statements that say they lied about the dangers of
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Sales of tobacco to minors in the U.S.
LONDON (AP) — Patients who need new lungs are better off getting donated organs from smokers than none at all, even though they probably won't