Dangling enough dollars in front of smokers who want to quit helps many more succeed, an experiment with hundreds of General Electric Co. workers indicates.

In a sign of how vilified smoking has become, lawmakers in Virginia - where the world's largest cigarette factory churns out Marlboros - passed curbs on smoking in restaurants.

Cody Miller was a high school football player who was allergic to ragweed. Douglas Briggs was a doctor coping with pain from an old back injury. Both are now dead, driven to suicide, their families believe, when drugs prescribed to relieve physical...

Opponents say it's unfair, proponents say it will keep California kids from smoking.

Increased absenteeism. Decreased concentration levels. Declines in academic performance.

The Tax Tobacco: Save Lives. Save Money. coalition this week launched a campaign to raise the tax on cigarettes.

Americans this week were saddened to hear of the death of Dana Reeve of lung cancer.