Cigarette smoking among Americans has plummeted to an all-time low, with only 11 percent of U.S. adults saying they have smoked cigarettes in the past week, according to a new Gallup poll. It’s even ...

The alignment of incentives is clear. Treatment of tobacco use improves patient health, lowers total medical expense, and, ...

Adult and youth smoking rates this decade have dipped to the lowest levels on record. Despite this progress, the nation's top doctor is warning about stubborn disparities that remain among the 36 ...

How cigarette manufacturers profit from quitters ...

Cigarette smoking, long-known for its adverse health effects and connection to lung cancers, is at its lowest usage across the United States since officials started tracking rates in 1990, according ...

Environmentalists have warned that cigarette butts are often mistaken for food by birds and fish, leading to ingestion that can cause poisoning or death. One report from the Ocean Conservancy found ...

U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry shocked Americans by announcing that cigarette smoking is a major cause of lung cancer, throat cancer and chronic bronchitis. Bettmann via Getty Images Sixty years ...

Although the research is still new, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) may be the latest addition to the list of negative effects that smoking tobacco can have on your body. Decades of clinical studies ...

"[It] works out to be almost seven hours of life lost per pack," says the lead author of the study For every cigarette an individual smokes, their life expectancy shrinks by 20 minutes overall, ...