The effects of smoking tobacco have been and continue to be well-documented, yet 15 percent of adults in the United States still smoke, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and ...

What's responsible for the sharp decline in smoking prevalence? The 13 percent smoking rate among 18-to-24-year olds last year is almost half as it was a decade ago. And the inescapable fact is that e ...

Let’s check what we’ve heard and what we think we know against the science.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — How much do teens smoke? When it comes to measuring teen smoking trends, many public health agencies rely too heavily on reports of monthly cigarette use, a broad statistic that makes ...

Long before teens are old enough to start their first jobs, smoke-free workplace laws could still play a part in decreasing youth smoking trends, according to new research. In a study published in ...

"Our findings, grounded in a deeper analysis of the data, represent good news," Kozlowski says, "and have important implications for tobacco research and monitoring related trends. "We found a ...