In the last decade, sales of filter cigarettes have leaped from less than 1% to more than half of all U.S. cigarettes sold. Filters rescued the industry from a skid six years ago when the first cancer ...

Eons before Europeans arrived in North America, Native Americans cultivated the tobacco leaf for ceremonial activities and medicinal purposes for use during prayers and rituals. They presented the ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cigarette makers will no longer be able to use government guidance from 1966 to argue that U.S. authorities view cigarettes with less tar and nicotine as safer. The Federal ...

Although the major cancer-causing substance in cigarette tar has not yet been identified, so much is now known about it that smoking could be rendered relatively harmless—without waiting for the ...

The morning starts with a familiar motion. Fingers wrap around a cigarette. Lips press against it. A flick of a lighter, a ...

Marlboro is one of the most valuable cigarette brands in the world, with a value of over $58 billion in 2022. Their cigarettes are manufactured by Philip Morris USA in the United States, and by Philip ...

A judge says cigarette labels such as "light," "ultra light" or "low tar" will no longer be permitted. Alan Blum of the Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society at the University of Alabama, offers ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Smokers who switch to a low-tar, light or mild brand of cigarette will not find it easier to quit and in fact may find it harder, researchers reported on Tuesday. They found ...

Dear Doctors: My understanding is that nicotine and tar are what hurt you when you smoke cigarettes. But you recently said there’s also carbon monoxide in cigarette smoke, and that it’s even more ...

Background Despite Singapore’s strict tobacco control policies, smoking rates have not decreased since 2004. We examined the primary targets, motivations and strategies behind targeted marketing ...