Secondhand smoke from cigarettes is much worse than that from vaping, in terms of exposing children to nicotine, a new study finds. Children exposed to vaping indoors absorb less than one-seventh the ...

You might think that not smoking keeps you safe, but secondhand smoke, which is another name for passive smoking, is not safe at all. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says that ...

In 2003, UCLA epidemiologist James Enstrom and I published a study of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS)—also called "secondhand smoke" or "passive smoking"—in the British Medical Journal (BMJ). Using ...

On International No Smoking Day - and every day - there’s an opportunity to pause and ask: is it worth inhaling this again?

RENO, Nev. — Second-hand smoke in indoor casino areas is up to 18 times more harmful than outdoor levels, according to a University of Nevada, Reno study published this month in the Environmental ...

BERLIN, Germany—People who are exposed to secondhand tobacco smoke appear to have a greater risk of developing atrial fibrillation (AF), according to an analysis of data from the UK Biobank. Those ...

The EU is encouraging member states to update and expand the existing legislation on smoke and aerosol-free environments. On this page Tobacco use and second-hand smoke Health benefits of smoke-free ...

BOSTON, MA — In a single-center study, only 17% of hospitalized nonsmokers with coronary heart disease (CHD) were asked about exposure to tobacco smoke, and only 1.4% remembered receiving any advice ...

Unlike genetics or age, smoking is a risk factor for numerous diseases that we can actually do something about. By quitting, smokers can minimize these risks. Drawing attention to the harms of smoke ...