New York City Sues Cigarette Shop For Selling Low-Tax “Roll Your Own” Tobacco

New York City officials have filed a lawsuit against Chinatown and Staten Island cigarette shops that were caught selling "roll your own" cigarettes to customers. Both "Island Smokes" stores were allowing customers to roll their own cigarettes which ... continue

Most American Smokers Want to Quit– CDC

We all know the dangers of smoking and it is good to know that almost 70 percent of Americans who smoke would like to quit, a report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ... continue

Judge Blocks Law Requiring “Gruesome Images” On Cigarette Packages

A federal law that would require tobacco companies to place gruesome images on cigarette packaging has been shot down by U.S. District Judge Richard Leon. Leon wrote in his ruling that cigarette manufacturers would likely succeed in protecting ... continue

Birth Defects From Smoking Clarified By Researchers

Smoking is generally not placed alongside prenatal vitamins and avoiding daily fish as good things to do when you're pregnant. But a new study out of the University College London Cancer Institute sheds more light on the specifics ... continue

The upside of smoking

There has to be at least one. [source unknown] continue

Doctor-scientists: Watching ‘Boardwalk Empire’ really does make you want to smoke eleventy-hundred cigarettes

Okay, the study actually used the film Matchstick Men, but Boardwalk Empire is more topical and seriously, if you're a smoker, have you tried to watch this show without chain smoking? The study, published in the Journal of ... continue

Miami man punched, killed by stranger for not having a cigarette

A Miami man has died from a fall to the pavement after a stranger became belligerent and punched him for not having a cigarette. Brazilian native Lisney Oliveira, 26, died early Monday morning at Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder ... continue

Interesting: researchers find a way to diminish damage smokers do to lungs

Okay, smoking is wrong and horrible, but statistically, a lot of you reading this are smokers. If you're one of those people that hasn't successfully managed to quit for very long, you may be in luck. Australian researchers ... continue

Judge smacks FDA’s hand away from e-cigarettes

In a 32-page opinion, U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon said the Food and Drug Administration's authority doesn't extend to e-cigarettes. Judge Leon says the devices don't qualify as subject to the agency's regulation, a coup for e-cigarette ... continue