California is the first state to take an action against third-hand smoking. To know what it means, what its harmful effects ...

Secondhand smoke from cigarettes is much worse than that from vaping, in terms of exposing children to nicotine, a new study finds. Children exposed to vaping indoors absorb less than one-seventh the ...

Young people are smoking tobacco less than they have in a generation, a new study showed. A survey of U.S. high school and middle school students found that the decline in tobacco use stemmed from a ...

Passed unanimously, California Assembly Bill 455 requires homeowners to disclose any history of thirdhand smoke or vaping ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Most parents who smoke now avoid it indoors around their children. Nicotine absorption was around 83% lower in ...

Thirdhand smoke lingers in homes and may expose children to toxic substances even without active smoking. Biomarker testing revealed tobacco exposure in all children studied, despite 60% of caregivers ...

Regular exposure raises the risk of coronary artery disease and stroke almost as much as smoking a few cigarettes a day.Impact on lungs and breathing Second hand smoke irritates the airways. It ...

France is making a strong push to ensure that its next generation will have cleaner air and healthier lungs, according to the BBC. On July 1, the country enacted a ban on cigarette smoking in all ...

More than half of all ten to 19-year-olds spend on average about two and a half hours a day on video games. 7 On Your Side Troubleshooter, Horace Holmes has discovered some of the most dangerous video ...

PARIS — A restrictive outdoor smoking ban has come into force in France, a country where café culture, which often includes a glass of wine and a cigarette, is a way of life. As of Sunday, smokers are ...