Some 2.6 billion people in 79 countries are covered by smoke-free policies in indoor public places, the WHO reports.

Package warnings and advertising bans. In the 1960s, new national laws required cigarette packages to carry health warnings about smoking. These laws also banned cigarette ads on TV.

As tobacco use is falling and control measures have reached a critical mass of people, a phase-out of commercial tobacco use ...

Forget package warnings: David Lynch is taking the anti-smoking campaign into his own hands. In an interview with People published Thursday, the "Twin Peaks" co-creator revealed he needs ...

The Supreme Court will not hear a challenge to a federal requirement that cigarette packages include graphic warnings showing the impacts of smoking. The court declined to hear the case, the case ...

The allure of smoking has proved hard to stamp out. Despite the fact that cigarette use is at an 80-year-low in America, smoking has, unfortunately, become cool again.

Future generations of New Zealanders will be banned from purchasing tobacco as part of a package of new anti-smoking laws that passed parliament on Tuesday and are among the most strict in the world.