#Tobacco smoking

Source: The Salt Lake Tribune New York • As more states make it legal to smoke marijuana, some government officials, researchers and others worry what that might mean for one of the country’s biggest public health successes : curbing cigarette smoking. Though there are notable differences in

Author: Aimee Cunningham / Source: Science News for Students In the United States, last year, more than one high-school student in every 10 used e-cigarettes. While e-cigs do not burn tobacco (as conventional cigarettes do), they usually do provide nicotine. That’s the potentially addictive

Authored by S.M.Gibson via TheAntiMedia.org, A company is providing non-smoking employees an extra six days of vacation time per year to compensate for the time smoking staff members take on cigarette breaks. Piala Inc, a Japanese marketing firm, introduced the policy in September after

The number of people smoking in the U.S. has fallen considerably over the years. The most recent figures from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that just 15 percent of adults are cigarette smokers - down from 20.9 percent in 2005. There is considerable variation between states

Author: Robby Berman / Source: Big Think It may seem like you barely notice anyone smoking cigarettes any more — a bad habit consigned to the trash heap of history, sent there by a 1966 surgeon general’s report. If you’re educated and reasonably well-off — and live in suburban or urban area —