Many smokers will tell you that they can’t answer a ringing phone or turn the ignition in their cars without lighting a cigarette. For them, the feel of a cigarette in their hand is as important, maybe more important, than the nicotine they’re inhaling. That tactile need explains a lot of...

WASHINGTON — President Obama signed into law today the toughest new measures ever on the tobacco industry designed to stop young people from smoking, a powerful habit that the president himself started as a teenager — and one he is still grappling with on a day-to-day basis. The Family Smoking...

STATEWIDE - With a series of party-line votes, Republicans in the Delaware House sunk a trio of bills June 18 that would have raised taxes on alcohol and cigarettes and increased licensing fees for bars, restaurants and liquor stores. Party leaders said the votes were a warning shot for Gov. Jack Markell...

The Vapure Electronic Cigarette is quickly gaining popularity among tobacco smokers and connoisseurs in their local home town of San Diego, and abroad. The Vapure Electronic Cigarette is cutting edge, 2 piece, ecig precision. The Product is so simple and easy to use, demand has kept the Vapure team at...

As the government tightens regulations on tobacco and smoking, some people have found a new way to get their nicotine fix without smoke and ash: electronic cigarettes. E-cigarettes, which deliver nicotine that users inhale along with a nearly odorless vapor-mist that mimics smoke, are practically unregulated...

Despite warnings on tobacco products for the past half century, people in the United States still continue to use them. Products like nicotine gums, patches, and other smoking cessation aids litter the market with promises of a smoke-free lifestyle in just a few weeks, but even so, many quitting attempts...

Tom Dye of Sebring started smoking an electronic cigarette Saturday. “All because of the cost; because this is going to help me quit cigarettes,” he said Monday. “If the federal government really is putting all this tax on it to get people to quit, then why don’t they take that...

Both the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal carried front-page stories today (in the Journal, atop the Marketplace section rather than p. A1) on “e-cigarettes,” something most of us never heard of until the past few weeks or not until today. Most e-cigarettes come from China. They have been...

One of the most controversial topics currently rumbling on and on is the future of electronic cigarettes. I don´t think it´s unreasonable to suggest that these ´smoking´ devices are polarising the population, or at least the part of the population that is aware of their existence. The jostling arises...

When Florida’s new $1 tax on cigarettes takes effect in about three weeks, it should discourage at least marginal and cost-conscious smokers from lighting up as often and dissuade youngsters from getting hooked in the first place. At least in theory. One unintended consequence might be to encourage...