There isn’t much research on those of us who bum a cigarette every so often, but here’s what we do know: Cigarettes are still ...

They were the kind of photos that stop you mid-scroll: Dua Lipa posing with a lit cigarette pressed between her lips — not sneaking a smoke but flaunting it like a must-have accessory. The images, ...

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 ...

Ask A.J. is Slate’s advice column on addiction, recovery, and how to hate yourself less. Submit a question here. It’s anonymous! Dear A.J., I started smoking in high school and successfully quit in ...