has smoking cigarettes declined in America: Why more Americans are kicking the habit DrTomFrieden Progress on Tobacco Control

The long-term health effects of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are not fully understood, but the science indicates they are not a safe alternative to smoking

The Retailers Association of Massachusetts opposes the age increase, arguing that it is "anti-local business and anti-consumer as it seeks to ban licensed stores from selling a legal product to adult consumers." In a letter to lawmakers, RAM said that the legislation would shift "tobacco sales out-of-state and to the internet thus depriving the Commonwealth of tobacco excise tax revenue used to address problems associated with smoking which will endure." The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network lauded the Senate's move Thursday, saying it put Massachusetts "one step closer to reducing tobacco related disease and death." "Together with Massachusetts' appropriately strong tobacco taxes and 100 percent smoke free workplace law, passage of this bill will once again make Massachusetts the leader in the fight against Big Tobacco and ensure that the Commonwealth has some of the strongest anti-tobacco policies in the nation," Marc Hymovitz, the advocacy group's director of government relations, said in a statement

Some people might think they dont mind missing out on a few years of life, given that old age is often marked by chronic illness or disability

While public health campaigns have successfully dismantled much of smokings glamorous image, the archetype of the post-intimacy smoke break lingers in our collective consciousness

Gen Zers came of age under an algorithm promoting an ultra-clean lifestyle