As the war in Iran enters its fourth week, the costs are adding up. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Doug Weir, with the Conflict and War Observatory, about impacts to human health and the environment.

Ever wondered if actors really smoke on screen? Most films use prop or herbal cigarettes to create realistic scenes without exposing actors to real tobacco.

Hudson Reid, from Kilwinning, Ayrshire, was just two when a severe sickness bug led to dehydration which caused a blood clot ...

Of the wide array of nicotine products, none have been picking up speed the way pouches like Zyn and On! have. These products ...

Cigarettes are reappearing across pop culture as a symbol of cool rather than controversy. Experts say this aesthetic shift ...

Smoking was supposed to be on its way out — not completely gone, but definitely uncool. For years, cigarette smoking in ...

Imaging studies of more than 27,000 adults link a healthier thymus on CT scans with a longer life and lower risks of ...

The cigarette smoking rate among U.S. adults dropped to 9.9% in 2024, the lowest level ever recorded, according to a report by the New England Journal of Medicine.

To reduce the adverse health effects associated with exposure to second-hand smoke, Japan fully enforced the Revised Health Promotion Law in April 2020, introducing a nationwide indoor smoking ban in ...

Smoking Is injurious to health, so we know. But a new study hints that fathers’ nicotine use might impact how their children ...