THE nation’s cigarette manufacturers have been under increasing fire since the U.S. Surgeon General reported in 1964 that “cigarette smoking contributes substantially to mortality.” The Surgeon ...

You smell it before you see it. A creeping odor that foretells of tar-ridden lungs. The wrinkled toxic sticks that foreshadow one's future death bed. It’s responsible for 480,000 deaths per year in ...

In the early 1950s, cigarettes were indeed promoted as being good for health, which may seem surprising given what we know today about the harmful effects of smoking. During that time, cigarette ...

Carolyn Holbrook receives funding from the Australian Research Council. This research was supported by Australian Research Council Linkage grant LP210100204, 'Cancer Culture: Understanding Anti-Cancer ...

The tobacco industry last week urged the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down Massachusetts regulations designed to limit children’s exposure to cigarette advertising near schools and parks. The state’s ...

Several members of the Rajya Sabha on Thursday asked the Government to immediately stop "misleading" advertisements to promote tobacco, liquor and other products, while citing an alarming number of ...

And 37% lower risk of smoking uptake, indicating these bans’ influence on behaviour. More countries should adopt these policies to save lives, urge researchers Implementing bans on the advertising, ...

Food ads for kids, and on-screen exposure to tobacco for adults, are still a thing. Two studies suggest that the little ones are bombarded with junk food commercials, and adults are stumbling over ...

(Reuters Health) - While many forms of e-cigarette advertising increase the odds that teens will try the devices, a new U.S. study suggests that this generation of digital natives is most enticed by ...

An ad campaign to prevent exposure to second-hand smoke at Spirit Lake Reservation aims to protect children. The campaign, "Hold Them Sacred," features radio spots, posters and print ads asking ...

Not long ago, fax machines and e-mail inboxes at Vogue, the world’s premier fashion magazine, were briefly assaulted with thousands of angry letters. Not about the latest gorgeously photographed ...