(Bloomberg) -- A proposed ban on menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars was withdrawn by the Trump administration, a blow to public health advocates who attribute thousands of premature deaths to the ...

Three public health groups filed a lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday, alleging the agency has failed to follow through on a ban on menthol cigarettes, the latest effort ...

The Biden administration has abandoned its acknowledging that heavy pushback from black Americans seen as a critical voting bloc for the president’s 2024 re-election effort influenced the decision.

The company was accused of marketing its products to teenagers, causing a surge in use. By Christina Jewett The elimination of a key C.D.C. office has slashed funding to states for help lines used by ...

When COVID-19 struck, America was awakened to the pervasive racial and ethnic health disparities that have long-fractured our health care system. Black and brown Americans were disproportionately ...

The folks at Camel continue their never-ending journey to make cigarettes cooler. What have they got up their sleeve now? Well, it’s actually up the filter. Introducing: Camel Crush. Each cigarette ...

Juul sparked a vaping craze when it was launched, making it one of the most valuable startups in 2018. Five years later, its value has gone up in smoke. WSJ explains Juul’s collapse and what’s next ...

When Massachusetts and California took steps to ban menthol cigarettes in 2020 and 2022, respectively, it took just days for new, nonmenthol cigarettes to appear in stores. The packaging for these ...

SMOKING may be under siege, but it is still the world’s second biggest cause of preventable death. Tobacco kills nearly 6 million people every year, approximately 10 per cent of all deaths. Smoking ...

Tobacco stands in dozens of U.S. cities last week sported cigarette brands that few U.S. smokers had ever seen. To the amazement of many a dealer, packages of the new brands were snapped up by intense ...

Federal authorities searched the home of Anthony Miranda, the former sheriff, and sought records about the tobacco company, Reynolds American. By William K. Rashbaum, Christina Jewett and Ashley ...