The World Health Organization has flagged a big spike in nicotine pouch sales worldwide. The numbers are wild, sales are ...

Lithium-ion batteries in personal electronic devices (PEDs) such as laptops, smartphones, powerbanks and electronic cigarettes can pose a serious safety risk in air travel. Damaged or overheated ...

Young people are dreaming of a dry Christmas – it’s a shame they can’t ditch the vaping as well ...

Authorities believe a cigarette may have ignited 700 pounds of fireworks that injured 3 firefighters in Washington. (Tanya ...

Fires involving batteries in everyday devices are on the rise across Cambridgeshire, despite a drop in house blazes.

Bank of America has predicted that the Federal Reserve will be forced to raise interest rates by 75 basis points this year, ...

AS the UK gets ready to bask in record-breaking temperatures, Brits have been urged to think twice about what they leave ...

MDMA gummies. DMT vapes. Mushroom chocolates sold in smoke shops halfway around the world. Long before regulators figured out what legal psychedelics might look like, an unregulated gray-market ...

Britons have been urged not to leave a common item in the car on Tuesday, as the hot weather makes the device more likely to explode. Large parts of the country will experience te ...

Sarah covers how industries like food and tobacco affect Americans’ bodies and minds. Her interests include ultra-processed foods; smoke-free tobacco; and wellness trends like perimenopause products ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Smoking is burning something to breathe smoke into the lungs, such as a cigarette. Vaping is breathing in vapor from heated liquid. Both smoking and vaping involve breathing in chemicals that can harm ...