I'm speaking out about the dangers of smoking around children, especially in confined spaces like cars and homes. If you're a ...

Smoking in the movies is back in a big way, and "tweens" and teens who see a lot of those flicks are much more likely to try smoking themselves, researchers report. Nearly 32 percent of the youngsters ...

professor Bernard Healey, has plenty more. “There is a direct relation between mom smoking and the child smoking,” he said. “First of all, they start based on mom smoking, and second, they smoke more.

A team of public health researchers found "very low-certainty evidence" to support a commonly held belief that nicotine vaping is a gateway to cigarette smoking for young people. "One of the ...

For the 13th consecutive year, thousands of children in the WISC-TV3 viewing area are invited to participate in the "Don't Start" Smoking Storyboard Contest, which runs now through Feb. 14. The ...

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Dear Abby: It bothers me greatly to know that so many children continue to start smoking at an early age. My husband and I did that, and now we’re paying an awful price. We have had emphysema for ...

Talking in a playful French accent, Laura Morris whipped up a "delicious treat" for a group of students at Jefferson City's Lawson Elementary School. She tossed a handful of tobacco leaves, a dash of ...

Joel Stein is fun to read, but he trivialized an important issue in his column on smoking in films. Research has shown that movies have a powerful influence on the behavior of children and teenagers.