San Francisco has opened a sweeping legal fight with some of the world's biggest food companies, accusing them of profiting ...

City attorney files groundbreaking lawsuit against 10 food manufacturers, claiming ultra-processed products fuel public ...

Soybean oil, the most widely consumed cooking oil in the United States and a staple of processed foods, contributes to obesity, at least in mice, through a mechanism scientists are now beginning to ...

We are exposed to air pollution daily. When we step outside, we inhale pollutants from particulate matter (such as smoke or dust), burning fossil fuels, wildfires and more. For Lung Cancer Awareness ...

MALDIVES (WJW) — An island nation has banned smoking and the use of other tobacco products for younger people in its country. Starting Nov. 1, the Maldives put a prohibition on smoking for those born ...

For the first time in Great Britain, there are more over-16s using vapes or e-cigarettes than smoking cigarettes, according to the Office for National Statistics. Some 5.4 million adults use vapes ...

To the editor: As we age, we learn more and more about the importance of social contact and interpersonal relationships, which make the aging process healthier and more enjoyable. But instead of ...

More than 10 years ago Dr. James Levine of the Mayo Clinic coined the phrase, “Sitting is the new smoking.” Ever since, entrepreneurs and other largely desk-bound workers have eyed their chairs with ...

A new study is the first since 2015 to examine differences in tobacco use by product type among military Veterans compared to civilians, finding that Veterans disproportionately use all commercial ...

Introduction: Despite well-known harmful health effects of smoking, research supports an inverse association with some autoimmune diseases. High-titer antinuclear antibodies (ANA) are associated with ...

Manufacturers and importers of tobacco goods will be required to ensure at least two graphical health warnings are on the packaging material conspicuously displaying the harmful effects of tobacco use ...

Smoking tobacco produces carbon monoxide (CO), a harmful gas formed through incomplete combustion. Each year, smoking causes more than 8 million deaths and remains one of the most serious public ...