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Indonesian men rank as the world's top smokers, with two out of three of them lighting up in a country where cigarettes cost pennies and tobacco advertising is everywhere.

People using electronic cigarettes, called "vaping," say the gadgets help them quit smoking. Critics call that a smokescreen for the risks.

Centenarians sleep 8 hours a night, eat balanced meals. Also: Anti-smoking ads doubled help calls; breast cancer survivor can swim topless.

Images of patients on ventilators on cigarette packets help smokers heed the health warnings about smoking better than written warnings, says US research.

Periodically smoking marijuana doesn't appear to hurt lung capacity, the largest study ever conducted on marijuana smokers has found.

A new government report shows fewer U.S. adults are smoking, and those who light up are smoking fewer cigarettes daily. But the trend is weaker than the government had hoped....

Smokers who light up right after they wake up in the morning may be at greater risk for lung, head and neck cancers than those who wait long ...

Health officials on Tuesday will unveil nine graphic warning labels showing harmful effects of smoking that must be on cigarette packages and in advertisements starting in October 2012.

Ear infections, a scourge that has left countless tots screaming through the night, have fallen dramatically, and some researchers suggest a decline in smoking by parents might be part of the reason....

In existence for about three years, the electronic cigarette is a revolutionary device developed to allow smokers to continue smoking or help them quit smoking, but with either none or vastly reduced health concerns. According to many electronic cigarette distributers, the electronic cigarette has a very high successful rate for quitting smoking altogether.