This past fall I was at my son’s little league baseball game; a group of 7–8-year-olds, surrounded by parents and grandparents cheering them on. In between innings a few of the parents stepped away, ...

The Centers for Disease Control says that smoking rates have dropped to a record low, but at the same time, something else ...

Back in my 20s, I was a regular “party smoker”, sparking up on a night out with friends, or heading outside for a cheeky fag during a raucous dinner party. Smoking was part of the ritual of going out, ...

Vaping (using e-cigarettes) is often perceived as a ‘healthier alternative’ to smoking traditional cigarettes – but this idea is misleading. While vaping might be considered less harmful than smoking ...

Scottish First Minister Jack McConnell has urged for vaping to face the same restrictions that smoking did in Scotland two ...

If one of your resolutions was to quit smoking, vaping might be just the thing you need. New research shows that people who start using e-cigarettes stop smoking tobacco cigarettes entirely. The ...

For years, smokers searching for a “healthier” option have turned to e-cigarettes and vapes, hoping to ditch the dangers of tobacco. But as research continues, one thing is becoming clearer: neither ...

Despite commonly held beliefs that vaping is safer than traditional smoking, a study found that vaping had a "significant" effect on blood vessels and may also ...

Among tobacco users in the U.S., the idea that vaping helps people quit smoking has become popular. But new scientific findings challenge that belief. In a large national study, researchers found that ...

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and the Hawai‘i State Department of Health is highlighting the growing connection ...

Vaping may appear to be a safer alternative to smoking, but experts say neither is really safe. And because both contain nicotine, the ingredient that makes tobacco products addictive, quitting either ...