Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the early 1950s, cigarettes were indeed promoted as being good for health, which may seem surprising given what we know today ...

*A series of electronic cigarette adverts in Belfast have been banned after being branded as racist. The billboard poster for Nicofresh e-cigarettes featured an elderly white woman sitting on a couch ...

In a recent study published in the journal Tobacco Induced Diseases, researchers conducted a four-nation-wide cross-sectional online survey to assess youths’ exposure to media-based e-cigarette ...

“Young adults who currently don’t use tobacco and nicotine products are susceptible to these advertisements, which may result in the initiation of e-cigarette use for individuals who were otherwise ...

Estimates suggest that among children who try smoking, between one third and one half are likely to become regular smokers within two to three years. However, young people are now more likely to ...

There once was a giant cowboy cutout standing above L.A. at the entrance of the Sunset Strip.

For years the Federal Trade Commission has tried snuffing out misleading cigarette ads as often as they appear. But by the time a cease-and-desist order can be issued, the company in question is apt ...

In the tobacco industry’s palmier days, cigarette ads highlighted big-name stars with their cigarettes smoldering and innocent-looking young women who cooed, “Blow some my way.” Now the message is ...

Before I began college, I couldn’t have identified an e-cigarette if I saw one. During my first semester at San Jose State University, however, I sat next to a student in my community health class who ...

Gov. Greg Abbott signed SB 1316, banning e-cigarette ads near schools, churches. The law targets youth exposure to nicotine marketing, not product sales themselves. SB 1313, still pending, would ...

Women are paying a deadly price for being targeted by tobacco advertisers in the post-war years, health experts claimed yesterday. They were responding to research showing that this year more British ...