Smoking News

In experiments with mice, U.S. researchers have discovered why viral infections have more severe consequences in smokers than in nonsmokers.

A painter and decorator has been fined for breaching Britain's smoking ban - by puffing on a cigarette in his own van, he said on Friday.

By Christine Kearney

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Microsoft Corp co-founder Bill Gates pledged $375 million on Wednesday to fight what they called a global tobacco epidemic.

The billionaires said the money would go to anti-smoking groups working with governments of developing countries such as India and China to curb tobacco use.

Bloomberg, who championed New York City's groundbreaking smoking ban in 2002, is adding $250 million over four years to a program he started several years ago that has $125 million committed to it.

Is Britney puffing in front of Sean bad parenting? Britney Spears is doing an "oops I did it again" by smoking openly in front of her son Sean Preston.

Researchers hope to use the information from the study to develop new ways to help teens quit.

Microsoft founder Bill Gates and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg walk onstage to announce their US$375 million global anti-smoking campaign at a press conference in New York, last Wednesday.

New Haven, Conn. - A new study by researchers at Yale School of Medicine could explain why the cold and flu virus symptoms that are often mild and transient in non-smokers can seriously sicken smokers.

New York becomes the first state in the nation to ban smoking in substance abuse treatment centers Wednesday, which is also the fifth anniversary of the Clean Indoor Air act that banned smoking in restaurants ...

A painter and decorator who lit a cigarette in his own van was fined 30 on-the spot - for smoking in his workplace.

Of the more than 1 million Americans who join Alcoholics Anonymous , almost all drink coffee and close to 60 percent smoke, Vanderbilt University researchers report.

The Navajo Nation Council's summer session starts Monday. Delegates will consider a ban on commercial tobacco and $13 million in spending proposals.

"NO SMOKING": Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss with representatives of Delhi University Students' Union after a 'nukkad natak' on a smoke-free campus on Tuesday.

A Washington County judge has struck a blow for smokers' rights. Circuit Judge Richard Smith told the city of Greenville that it could not ban smoking in bingo halls without the same prohibition in casinos.

Caption: Britney Spears looks happy as she leaves a hair salon Los Angeles, California .... BRITNEY SPEARS' parenting skills have come under question once again after she exposed her young son to second-hand ...

Drug addicts, gamblers and alcoholics trying to kick their habits in treatment facilities won't be allowed to use tobacco under a new regulation that goes into effect across New York state this week.

Microsoft founder Bill Gates and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg are pooling their piles of money to pour $375 million into a global effort to cut smoking.

The letter is the strongest indication yet that the administration will try to block the broadly popular legislation, which is supported by majorities in both chambers, and lists both presidential contenders ...

"The issue of whether secondhand smoke causes breast cancer, as well as numerous other diseases, is difficult to study," says Dr.

An Ohio group is launching a campaign with the hope of repealing some provisions of the statewide smoking ban approved by voters and instituted in the spring of 2007.

Public smoking bans have helped smokers to quit, improved health and cut health-related costs.