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Cigarettes

Advocates push for more action on youth tobacco use

  • Jul 10

UK passes ban on cigarette purchases for anyone born after 2008

  • Apr 23
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Cold case murder solved 44 years later using DNA from cigarette

  • Feb 23

'Solly's Law' calls to raise age to purchase tobacco to 21

  • Jun 3, 2025

FDA proposes limiting cigarette nicotine levels

  • Jan 15, 2025

Surgeon General report shows disparities in tobacco use in U.S.

  • Nov 19, 2024

FDA sued over delay in ban on menthol tobacco products

  • Apr 4, 2024

Smoking weed may be more harmful to lungs than cigarettes, study finds

  • Nov 16, 2022

Latest Videos

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Advocates push for more action on youth tobacco use

  • Jul 9
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NC leaders, medical professionals react after FDA pulls JUUL products from market

  • Jun 23, 2022
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'They make you addicted faster': Menthol cigarette ban proposal could further lower smoking rates

  • Apr 29, 2022
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North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein calls on FDA to ban menthol cigarettes

  • Jan 23, 2021
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New FDA cigarette warning labels proposed include tumors, diseased lungs to discourage smoking

  • Aug 15, 2019

Latest Stories

Cigarette thrown on dry grass believed to have sparked fire at festival in Temple, Texas

The Bell County Marshal's Office said it is believed a cigarette that someone threw in the dry grass is what sparked the fire. We obtained video of the disaster.

  • Oct 17, 2022
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Smoking weed now more popular than tobacco as legalization on ballot in a number of states

Marijuana legalization is on the ballot in a number of states, including Arkansas, Maryland and Missouri.

  • Aug 29, 2022

NC leaders, medical professionals react after FDA pulls JUUL products from market

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued marketing denial orders to JUUL Labs Inc. for all their products being marketed across the country.

  • Jun 23, 2022

'They make you addicted faster': Menthol cigarette ban proposal could further lower smoking rates

The FDA's proposal to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars is being applauded by advocates and doctors, who believe the step could help continue a trend of decreased smoking rates.

  • Apr 29, 2022

New Zealand plans to outlaw smoking for future generations

New Zealand plans to outlaw smoking for the next generation so young people will never be legally able to buy tobacco in the country.

  • Dec 11, 2021