A particularly risky habit is the combination of tea and cigarettes, popularly known in India as “chai-sutta.” This pairing ...

Cigarette smoking is widespread and deadly, yet our understanding of how cigarette smoke actually causes serious respiratory illnesses is incomplete, which has severely hampered the development of ...

“There’s no one who doesn’t know the risks,” says Peter Shields, MD, a professor of internal medicine and epidemiology at the Ohio State University in Columbus. But, he says, nicotine is incredibly ...

Tinnitus is a perceptual condition that involves “hearing” an internal sound within your ears or head. Smoking and chemicals like nicotine may contribute to tinnitus in various ways. Cigarette smoking ...

Prior research has linked smoking to pancreatic cancer, but the reasons why were unclear. A new mouse study shows that chemicals in cigarette smoke change the immune system, which may prevent the ...

DURHAM, N.C. – In what appears to be an effort to bypass public health regulations covering vaping products, some tobacco companies have begun replacing nicotine in e-cigarettes with related chemicals ...

Cigarette smoking has long been linked to numerous health problems, but its devastating effect on heart health remains one of the most concerning. Research continues to underscore the complex and ...

WASHINGTON, D.C -- Federal health officials said Wednesday they have found cancer-causing ingredients in electronic cigarettes, despite manufacturers' claims the products are safer than tobacco ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is seeking to curb the level of nicotine that cigarettes and other combusted tobacco products can contain. The agency is looking to do so through a rule proposed ...

New research reveals chewing tobacco accelerates cancer development, particularly oral cancers, by directly exposing mouth ...

Chinese researchers think there's great potential to do something useful with cigarette butts: Extract the chemicals trapped in the filter and in residual tobacco, and then use the resulting brew as ...