Iain Gately, a British author, Cambridge scholar, and cigar smoker, has written a fascinating cultural history of tobacco use. In Tobacco: A Cultural History of How an Exotic Plant Seduced ...

Half a century ago, faced with broadcast advertising bans stemming from overwhelming evidence of the harms of smoking, the tobacco industry used menthol cigarettes to secure new markets among Black ...

Current smoking, use of sedative hypnotics and dyspnea increased the risk for death by suicide or drug overdose among adults with a smoking history with or without COPD, according to study results ...

Conn. (WTNH) — The Connecticut Valley Tobacco Museum touches on the long history of tobacco growing in the state. Jim Daniels, president of the museum, and Duane Adams, a member of the board of ...

As I sat down at my desk this morning to write this article, something caused me to take stock of everything on it. A computer, of course, reading glasses, assorted labels and stationery, a couple of ...

Dropping pack-years for lung cancer screening eligibility in favor of a simpler 20-year history of smoking could substantially increase the number of cancers detected and eliminate racial disparities ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. John Samuels is the Founder/CEO of Wellworth healthcare advisory firm. A cigarette lit on screen once symbolized noir, danger and ...

Here it is—everything you ever wanted to know about tobacco, from Amerindian prehistory right up to the Clinton/Lewinsky cigar tryst. As Gately traces the role of tobacco in history's major military ...