An extraordinary $17.6 billion of tobacco tax has disappeared from the federal budget’s forward estimates in the past year alone. Last year’s federal budget projected $11.55 billion in tobacco tax ...

Following similar bans by the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors last fall and the city of Capitola in April, the Santa ...

The City of Santa Cruz bans filtered cigarettes, citing pollution concerns. The County had already banned filtered tobacco ...

Files, chances are the first names that come to mind are Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, and rightfully so. Played by David ...

From movies and TV shows to music, the habit is no longer taboo. It’s even being celebrated for the way it makes characters ...

When a disgusting habit is part of your national identity, banning it might prove to be awkward.

Once marketed as a safer alternative to smoking, electronic cigarettes have been often considered less harmful by consumers.

The Mecklenburg County Board of Supervisors took aim Monday at an obscure provision of President Donald Trump’s signature tax cut and spending bill that will hurt domestic tobacco growers, according ...

Tobacco smugglers and black market salesmen are increasingly using technologies such as social media and drones to deliver ...

The Santa Cruz City Council is taking a big step toward banning the sale of filtered cigarettes within the city. Those against the move include smokers and retailers who sell cigarettes. People in ...

Cells taken from the lungs of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have a larger accumulation of ...