(Reuters Health) – - In a Finnish study spanning 26 years, kids exposed to parental smoking were more likely to develop plaque in their carotid arteries as young adults than kids who were not exposed ...

This is a rather overlooked form of smoking. You are not the one smoking, nor standing near one, but the toxic particles can ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children exposed to secondhand smoke at home may be more likely than their peers to have learning and behavioral problems, according to a new study. Researchers found that ...

Texas is set to get $1.8 billion this year from the huge tobacco-litigation settlement of a decade ago, but it will spend just 0.6 percent of that on preventing kids from smoking, a report from a ...

CHICAGO — Texting while driving, speeding and back-seat hanky-panky aren't all that parents need to worry about when their kids are in cars: Add secondhand smoke to the list. In the first national ...

We all know the facts on the dangers of smoking: It's is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States, causing 480,000 deaths each year. That adds up to 1,300 deaths every day. And even ...

Many parents think smoking in or around the home mostly affects breathing or causes coughs. But new research by the World Health Organization (WHO) shows that smoking harms children in deeper and more ...

April 4 -- FRIDAY, April 3 (HealthDay News) -- Poor children are exposed to more secondhand smoke than their wealthier counterparts, a new study has found. A big reason for this is that "poor kids are ...

Zyns are in, cigarettes are back, everyone’s on amphetamines and drinking alcohol is done. The Post spoke with nearly a dozen local high school students about what substances they are — and aren’t — ...