In the early 1950s, cigarettes were indeed promoted as being good for health, which may seem surprising given what we know today about the harmful effects of smoking. During that time, cigarette ...

EUGENE, Ore. -- An Oregon State University study suggests that anti-smoking ads by the tobacco industry targeted at youths and their parents do not work and might actually encourage teens to smoke.

Today's movie actors are lighting up as much as their 1950s counterparts, according to researchers who say cigarettes made a dramatic return to the silver screen in the past decade. In the ...