My generation grew up learning about the dangers of smoking; videos, pictures, TV commercials, you name it. From a very young age, we were shown images of smokers' lungs, videos of people with holes ...

Cigarettes can lead to a slew of health problems and can increase your risk of dementia. iStockphoto Smokers just can’t catch a break. First, we all learned of the obvious dangers of smoking ...

People can carry hazardous compounds from cigarette smoke that cling to their bodies and clothes and then release those compounds into non-smoking environments -- exposing people nearby to cigarettes' ...

Tobacco smoke has added a new potential danger to its list of hazards: third-hand smoke. The term was coined in a study published in the medical journal, "Pediatrics," to describe the interaction of ...

Add a new health threat to smoking: In addition to the harm caused by actually smoking and exposure to second-hand smoke, so-called third-hand smoke may also pose a threat, particularly to babies and ...

The residue of tobacco smoke that seeps into carpets and furniture in homes or the interior of cars, lingering long after a final cigarette smoked there is crushed out, is a health threat – especially ...

Most people know about second-hand smoke — the cigarette smoke you inhale when in close proximity to someone who is smoking. Less known is "third-hand" smoke, which is the residue that persists on ...

Cigarette smoke chemicals can contaminate indoor spaces where no one has lit up in decades by traveling through the air, according to a new study that sheds light on how pervasive these harmful ...

Second-hand smoke from electronic cigarettes may be less harmful than their tobacco-laden cousins, but they still release toxins into the air, according to a new study. For the study, published in the ...

I have watched Washington state’s latest anti-smoking television ad. It concentrates specifically on second-hand smoke. I am a former smoker, and consider myself to be pretty open-minded with regard ...

Do not smoke and do not allow yourself to be exposed to smoke because second-hand smoke and third-hand smoke are just as deadly as first-hand smoke, say scientists who conducted the first animal study ...

Smoking in all its forms is injurious to health. In general, tobacco, the main component in a cigarette, kills up to half of its users who don't quit. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), ...