Smoking and vaping are trending among young people. Like the craze for tea and coffee a few years ago, young people are now hooked on smoking and vaping. Cigarettes, hookahs, and bidis are easily ...

Teenage smoking has declined sharply over the past 25 years, due mainly to successful anti-smoking policies and efforts, coupled with rising education levels and lower smoking rates among parents.

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

People who smoke and vape are less able to break free of their nicotine addiction than folks who only have one of those habits, a new review concludes. Instead, these "dual users" are more likely to ...

Systematic review finds weak evidence for e-cigarettes as a gateway to smoking, highlighting the need for more robust research to guide policy decisions. Study: Electronic cigarettes and subsequent ...