(CBS) A new study presented today suggests that the risk of getting lung cancer from smoking has increased over time due to changes in cigarette design. Up to one half of current lung cancer occurrence could be attributable to cigarette design, according to David Burns and Christy Anderson of the University...

The government says the marketing of this product is illegal, so one starlet’s father is now promoting these electronic cigs. Lindsay Lohan’s father, Michael Lohan, is pushing an alternative to cigarettes, he says, won’t create harmful smoke, and it won’t get you kicked out if...

The FDA has been sued by Smoking Everywhere, a USA electronic cigarette supplier. You can see a few excerpts from the case below. Follow the link after for the full story. PreliminaryStatement 1. This is an action for declaratory and injunctive relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §2201 and 5 U.S.C. §702 et...

You might not know that devices called electronic cigarettes are around. They are also called e-cigarettes, and they look expensive at first, but they cost a lot less than regular cigarettes over the same period of time. They look just like the real thing, and even have a glowing tip and release something...

Reporting from Beijing — Hon Lik used to light up first thing in the morning. He smoked between lectures at the university where he studied Oriental medicine, between bites at lunch, in the lab where he researched ginseng health products. He’d usually burn through two packs by dusk and...

A powerful preventive against pneumonia, influenza and other respiratory diseases may be promised by a brilliant series of experiments conducted during the last three years at the University of Chicago’s Billings Hospital. Dr. Oswald Hope Robertson last week was making final tests with a new germicidal...

The Food and Drug Administration may be the only federal agency that both political parties agree is in desperate need of an overhaul. President Barack Obama is promising action, though progress has been slow in the first 100 days. His choice to head the FDA — Dr. Margaret Hamburg — still has not...

GAINESVILLE, FL, April 25, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ — E-cigarettes Choice would like to announce that they have received the first scientific study of the contents of the Gamucci brand’s nicotine cartridges. LPD Laboratory Services, based in Blackburn, Lancashire of the United Kingdom recently...

OMAHA, Neb. — Smokers may have a new way to get their fix, and it may not bother anyone who’s around them. So-called electronic cigarettes could soon be new additions to Nebraska bars and restaurants. “I crave nicotine,” said Adam Braitwaite. “When I have nicotine cravings,...

A fire which caused £250,000 of damage to a Lincolnshire shop was caused by a bird bringing a lit cigarette back to its nest, investigators have concluded. On 9 March, firefighters were called to tackle a blaze in the roof of Crescent Stores in Leasingham. After extensive investigations loss adjusters...