The Lone Star State has especially high insurance and secondhand smoke penalties. See how the numbers add up over a lifetime.

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But it’s not all good news. Animal research suggests that nicotine exposure during key developmental stages — in the womb or ...

A new paper in Nicotine and Tobacco Research, published by Oxford University Press, finds that people experiencing more ...

Vaping with nicotine has become commonplace. It can be used to stop smoking cigarettes, but it has several serious health risks. The long-term effects of vaping are unknown.

New research, led by experts at the University of Nottingham, has found that smoking prevalence among 12 to 30-year-olds in ...

In Latin America, though overall smoking rates have declined, nondaily and low-intensity smoking are increasingly common, and tobacco-cessation resources remain underdeveloped in many countries.

Experts view a shift from injecting fentanyl to smoking it as a promising development that could cut overdose deaths and reduce needle-related harms.

Some argue that pipe smoking is far less harmful than smoking cigarettes. But this assumption is based on several old myths that don’t stand up to more recent research. Here’s what we know. It’s ...

Belgium was the first EU country to ban vapes in January 2025. Sweden imposed a similar ban on smoking on terraces in 2019, while Austria banned smoking in all enclosed public spaces, including bars ...

Florida lawmakers are moving to expand bans on smoking or vaping in public places, including streets, sidewalks, highways, ...