RICHMOND, Va. -- He's billed as America's most pathetic superhero: Buttman, an overweight chain-smoker who hacks, spits and gets too winded to respond to emergencies. Buttman is part of a series of ...

A new study from a professor at the University of Missouri at Columbia's School of Journalism proves, with physiological evidence, that adolescents (defined as ages 12-14) respond much more ...

ATLANTA - In a graphic new ad campaign announced Thursday, the government is trying to shock smokers into quitting with the sometimes-gruesome stories of people damaged by tobacco products. The new ...

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – A group of Atlantic City casino workers seeking to ban smoking in the gambling halls will launch an advertising campaign featuring their children in response to a judge's ...

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 ...

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention's "Tips From Former Smokers" ads are set to stop at the end of September. For 13 years, these tough and honest commercials told real stories about the ...

The surest way to get teen-agers to do something is to tell them not to. That principle appears to apply to some smoking-prevention ads created by tobacco companies, a new study has found. Youngsters ...

If you've ever turned on the TV to see a harrowing story of a person with a hole in their throat warning against the dangers of smoking, you witnessed an ad by the Tips From Former Smokers campaign.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will stop airing its "Tips From Former Smokers" ads at the end of September, ending a 13-year campaign. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI The U.S.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Television ads that tobacco companies say are designed to discourage teenagers from smoking do no such thing, and some may actually encourage youths to smoke, researchers ...

I’m 30 now, and I’m still too much of an awkward dork to look convincing with a cigarette in my hand. But even though all the Virginia Slims in the world (that’s a cool brand, right??) couldn’t have ...