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Teen tobacco use has long been linked to lifelong dependency, with 9 out of 10 cigarette users claiming they picked up their first cigarette before the age of 18. The introduction of e-cigarettes has ...

Lise Blais, widow of plaintiff Jean-Yves Blais, wipes her eye as her son, Martin, looks on during a news conference, in Montreal, on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024. Tobacco companies have offered to pay nearly ...

A plan for Canada's three biggest tobacco companies to pay out $32.5 billion to provinces, territories and smokers is now in the works, but some hurdles remain before any money starts flowing.

Cigarette makers Philip Morris, British American Tobacco and Japan Tobacco will pay C$32.5 billion ($23.6 billion) to settle a long-running tobacco lawsuit in Canada, as part of a court-appointed ...

The CDC released data Thursday that shows teen use of at least one tobacco product — such as cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, nicotine pouches and hookahs — fell to the lowest level since the survey ...

Three tobacco giants are set to pay out roughly $32.5 billion in a landmark deal that would settle decades of litigation with provinces and individual smokers and their families. The proposal ...

Hookah, a water pipe used to smoke tobacco products, also experienced a drop in use (down to 0.7% of teens), with 190,000 teens saying they used it this year versus the 290,000 who reported use in ...

Three tobacco giants are proposing to pay close to $25 billion to provinces and territories and more than $4 billion to tens of thousands of Quebec smokers and their loved ones as part of a ...

The decline is largely driven by the drop in e-cigarette use, the report said. Tobacco product use among U.S. pre-teens and teens has fallen to the lowest levels seen in 25 years, according to new ...

The Child Fatality Task Force, which is a legislative study committee of volunteer experts in child health and safety, state agency leaders, community leaders and state legislators, has been working ...

In 2024, 2.25 million middle and high school students reported current use—defined as use on one or more days in the past 30 days—of any tobacco product, compared to 2.8 million in 2023.