A total of 204 cartons of cigarettes valued at more than $13,700 was stolen recently during the burglary of a tobacco store in the 10300 block of Cicero Avenue in Oak Lawn, police said. Entry was...

A South Dakota couple is accused of using their home as a base for an underage sex trafficking operation. Twenty-six-year-old Brandon Thompson and his 30-year-old girlfriend, Megan Hayes, are...

A plan that would effectively hike cigarette prices yet possibly fail to boost government revenues was questioned by members of the House of Representatives on Tuesday. The Bureau of Internal...

The National Youth Advocacy Coalition (NYAC) has released a national survey to assess behavior and attitudes around tobacco use by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning and intersex...

A deadline for lawsuits seeking to recoup smokers’ health-care costs from a Japan Tobacco Inc. unit that had been sought by British Columbia, Ontario and New Brunswick was rejected by a judge for...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators warned 10 companies for violating a recently enacted ban on sales of flavored cigarettes, letters released on Friday showed. The Food and Drug Administration...

Cigarettes are deadly not only for humans, but also for fish, according to San Diego State University researchers who want cigarettes butts labeled as toxic hazardous waste, it was reported Monday....

Web companies that sell flavored cigarettes online have been given an official warning from the FDA to immediately stop selling those products. Even though the agency banned candy and clove...

ROCKVILLE, Md. (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is enforcing its ban on flavored tobacco products and preparing to review controversial menthol cigarettes, undeterred by legal...

A new federal grant will support research at Roswell Park Cancer Institute about smokers’ interest in smokeless tobacco products. The hospital received the $2.1 million National Institutes of...