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"It comes down to a kind of healthy degree of nihilism," Jared Oviatt of the Instagram account @cigfluencers told Newsweek.

Rarely have I spent a day out of the house without coming across a smoker. The surgeon general’s warning on the cigarette cartons mean nothing to them. The electronic billboards that count smoking ...

Nearly 30 years ago, our state earned its reputation as “America’s Non-Smoking Section” when state leaders acted to prohibit smoking in almost every indoor public space. Today, our nation needs ...

This article, by Editorial Assistant Amanda Jauden, and other articles about vaping, America's newest vice, are featured in Newsweek's new special edition, Vape Nation. 1492: Christopher Columbus was ...

In the mid-20th century, ashtrays were ubiquitous in cars, with every door often featuring its own. This was a reflection of societal norms and the prevalence of smoking during that era. As automotive ...

Gen Z — largely comprised of middle- and high-school students — reported the lowest smoking rates on record in 2024, according to CDC and FDA data, but that trend may be in jeopardy. "Overall, the ...

A soldier with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, smokes a cigarette as a fire his unit set to clear undergrowth burns during a clearing operation outside Baquba, Iraq, in 2007.

There are two parties affected by smokers on campus: those who smoke, and those who do not. Who is more negatively impacted by the practice of smoking? Obviously, those who perform the action ...

I think we can all agree that brat summer wasn’t just a fun vibe, it was a cultural turning point. But as we shifted from the clean girl to cool girl, we saw a resurgence in the popularity of smoking, ...

Experts say the high life expectancy in Israel could decline unless the government takes the threat seriously. TEL AVIV (JTA) — Israel has one of the highest life expectancies in the world — 82.5 ...