"We've submitted a letter to the academic body asking them to rethink their choice because the low-tar cigarette Xie has been working on is totally pseudo science," said Xu Guihua, deputy director of the Chinese Association on Tobacco Control. "They've...

Daily marijuana use is at a 30-year peak level among U.S. high-school seniors but alcohol use and tobacco smoking is down, a survey indicates. Monitoring the Future, a nationally representative annual survey of eighth- 10th- and 12th-graders conducted...

HEALTH chiefs are launching a free lunchtime drop-in clinic to help smokers quit. The new Quit4You Stop Smoking Service clinic will begin in Douglas on January 3 and will be trialled until the end of March. The clinic will be held every Tuesday from 12.30pm...

They argue that cigarettes are a legal product, smoking is a matter of choice and that when it comes to telling us how we can live our lives, the nanny state can go stick it in its pipe and smoke it. This is all fine, up to a point. And that point is...

Displaced patients from the now-closed G3 Holistic cooperative still have a place in town to go for their medical marijuana. Upland Hidden Garden is open and serving patients with valid medical marijuana cards, despite an appellate court decision last...

In an old, shingled house not far from the center of town, the trim crew hunkered over trays in the living room, snipping away at the strain of the day, Blue Dream. Its pungency knifed the air, like a medley of French roasted coffee beans and roadkill...

A man accused of smuggling 600 cartons of unstamped cigarettes through Cecil County is on the lam after failing to appear for a pretrial hearing on Friday. As a result, Cecil County Circuit Court Judge Keith A. Baynes issued a bench warrant calling for...

Outrage and action have resulted following a story that drew attention to a row of low-hanging cigarette advertisements sited across the street from a South Shore school building. Last Wednesday, the Advance reported that a number of cigarette ads were...

Though Texas is collecting about $1.9 billion a year from cigarette taxes and its big tobacco settlement, it is using only a tiny portion on programs to prevent youth smoking, a new study found. Texas ranked 39th in the study among states in paying for...

What prompted you to sponsor the National Tobacco Control Bill in the Senate? It is out of concern for the welfare of Nigerians in general. I felt as a senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria then and a medical practitioner, I should take up the challenge....