Regina Barber and Emily Kwong of NPR's Short Wave talk about the brain benefits of quitting cigarettes, language development in premature babies, and a mysterious imprint in a Chicago sidewalk.

The rate of smoking cigarettes has steadily declined since the 1960s – when Congress required warnings on cigarette boxes.

Because they don’t actually contain tobacco, nicotine pouches may be viewed as safer than smoking cigarettes, using smokeless ...

My husband and I have two boys, “Aaron,” 9, and “Randall,” 7. Aaron has a friend from school, “Josh,” whose parents are major pot smokers. I have restricted play dates to our place, since I don’t want ...

Quitting smoking during midlife or even later on can help slow down age-related cognitive decline, a new study suggests ...

LOLLIPOPS, cups of tea and apples have all helped people in Worcestershire quit smoking. Stoptober - the yearly NHS campaign to get smokers to stop for the month of October - is underway. And health ...

This article discusses fifteen practices that were legal and commonplace for previous generations. Still, it would result in arrests, fines, or severe legal consequences if attempted today, organized ...

Violet Affleck took the stage at the United Nations (U.N.) to demand clean air and as her father, Hollywood star Ben Affleck, wrestles with his smoking habit. Wearing a KN95 mask, the 19-year-old Yale ...

Doctors say smoking rates are at levels they haven't seen in a decade due to easy access to illegal cigarettes that are a "quarter of the price" of legal cigarettes.

Growing up in Manhattan’s Upper East Side, Aitana V. remembers being a young girl and not seeing anyone from her school or in her community smoke. If the topic of cigarettes even came up, “we talked ...

A man sits outside and holds a slim menthol cigarette between his fingers. Close-up with focus on the cigarette. The study provided a comprehensive examination of how lifestyle and environmental ...

Using e-cigarettes, cigarettes, or both is associated with higher risk for prediabetes and diabetes, with dual use being the riskiest. Risk is especially elevated in people who are overweight or obese ...