Data from 29,296 students in grades 9–12 as part of the 2008–2009 Youth Smoking Survey were used to examine the prevalence of cigar, cigarillo, and little cigar use and factors associated with their ...

These study results suggest that cigars, when used in combination with cigarettes, may be associated with poorer chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) health outcomes. Exclusive cigarette use ...

The data on the health effects from smoking cigarettes has been clear for decades. Today, tobacco use causes nearly 1 in 5 deaths each year in the U.S. While many of these deaths are cancer-related, ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

This still-smoldering situation was first ignited by a 2009 government ruling in which, as part of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, Congress gave the FDA authority to oversee all ...

I was introduced to cigar smoking when I was around twenty-four, but was only an occasional smoker until several months into the pandemic when I became a full-fledged smoker because nothing else was ...