Cigarettes

The FDA is taking a side in a hot debate in public health right now over what to do about new tobacco products.

• By Francie Diep

Cigarette manufacturers have set their sights on countries where tobacco-control laws aren't as robust.

• By Francie Diep

Experiments in a convenience store laboratory suggest the influence of the "tobacco power wall."

• By Nathan Collins

A new study finds a link between grandmothers' smoking and their grandchildren developing asthma and wheezing.

• By Nathan Collins

Bet on it.

• By Francie Diep

Seventy-seven countries require them, but not the United States.

• By Francie Diep

Where are college students and the mentally ill most likely to pick up a cigarette habit?

• By Peter C. Baker

An independent Australian study adds even more evidence of smoking's deadly consequences.

• By Nathan Collins

A new study shows that, after quitting, smoking-induced harm to brain tissue may be reversed over time.

• By Kate Wheeling

California wants to cut down on teenage vaping. The best way to do that is not by telling teens to stop.

• By Kate Wheeling

A new mapping technique could help public officials make the case to ban smoking in public areas.

• By Bettina Chang

People with mental illnesses have a unique, intense relationship with smoking, which can ease distress as well as kill. Now that a much safer version of the habit is available, it's no time for the anti-smoking lobby to play Nurse Ratched.

• By Helen Redmond

Though smoking there isn't prevalent, the habits of daily users are extreme.

• By Ryan Jacobs

Certain school-based programs that aim to keep kids from smoking cigarettes seem to work, according to a fresh look at some past research.

• By Andrew Seaman