The share of Americans who report smoking cigarettes is back at a record low this year, according to new polling from Gallup. When Gallup first polled U.S. adults about their cigarette smoking habits ...

New MRI research reveals that heavy smoking can shrink key brain regions tied to memory and cognition, and excess weight might intensify the damage, raising fresh questions about dementia prevention.

There's some evidence that suggests we are winning the war against smoking. In the 1950s, nearly half of all American adults were cigarette smokers. That number has declined progressively from 20.9% ...

Cigarette smoking and secondhand smoke are responsible for 1 in 5 deaths. Despite progress the United States population has made in reducing its cigarette smoking, the measure of that progress has not ...