Many people believe that avoiding smoking is enough to protect themselves from the dangers of cigarettes. However, scientists ...

Whether friends are over for a party, you are bored at a red light, or you want to kickstart your morning with a good dump—sometimes, you just feel the urge to light up a cigarette, and you do. What ...

Third-hand smoke is a dangerous residue found in the homes of smokers and ex-smokers. This residue is dangerous because it contains many harmful chemicals, and it's hard to get rid of. Third-hand ...

A new study finds that adults who simply breathe in secondhand cigarette smoke have about 1.5 times more of the toxin cadmium ...

Most people know secondhand smoke is harmful—but thirdhand smoke? That's the toxic residue tobacco leaves behind on surfaces like carpets, furniture, wallboards, and clothing, where it can linger for ...

Purposefully and repeatedly exposing children to secondhand smoke — a known human carcinogen — is child abuse, according to an opinion piece written by Adam Goldstein, MD, MPH, a professor in the ...

You do not have to smoke cigarettes to be exposed to dangerous chemicals from tobacco. A new study has found that simply ...

In response to Nicole Northcutt’s Oct. 24 letter to the editor, “Smoking ban necessary to avoid health risks.” Nicole Northcutt cited a statistic that stated nearly 50,000 non-smokers die a year due ...

The government argues the ban is necessary in order to protect residents from secondhand smoke, to reduce fire hazards, and to lessen the cost of building maintenance, The Independent reports. Many ...