(Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged governments to treat e-cigarettes, also known as vapes, similarly to tobacco and ban all flavours.That could spell trouble for some big ...

Heated tobacco products are a less harmful alternative to traditional cigarettes, though they still contain nicotine.

This month the government has had to change course halfway through its current cancer control strategy, after evidence showed it is not working. Alarmed by increasing cancer cases, 28,000 in 2011, the ...

WASHINGTON -- For the first time, U.S. health regulators have judged a type of smokeless tobacco to be less harmful than cigarettes, a decision that could open the door to other less risky options for ...

Oral nicotine pouches and related 'snus' tobacco pouches are marketed as cigarette alternatives. Andrii Atanov/iStock via Getty Images Oral nicotine pouches – like Zyn and Velo in the U.S. – appear to ...

Progressive House Democrats press for a more aggressive remedy than arbitration to reduce drug prices; FDA permits the sale of a new cigarette alternative; use of methamphetamine surges in some parts ...

Smoking is cool again. Who would have thought? Just when many thought smoking was on the decline, with stomach-churning advertisements of charred lungs on public television and the preeminence of ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Altria Group and Philip Morris International (PMI), the makers of Marlboro cigarettes in the United States and internationally, are teaming up to market electronic cigarettes and ...

Tobacco companies are hoping to woo smokers with a new array of devices like Philip Morris International's IQOS that heat but don't burn tobacco. Video/Photo: Merrill Sherman Scientists advising U.S.

The product is called snus — a tiny bag of smokeless tobacco that users slip between the lip and gum. A Swedish maker claims the product is... Tobacco Firm Seeks Softer Warning For Cigarette ...