April 4 -- FRIDAY, April 3 (HealthDay News) -- Poor children are exposed to more secondhand smoke than their wealthier counterparts, a new study has found. A big reason for this is that "poor kids are ...

California is the first state to take an action against third-hand smoking. To know what it means, what its harmful effects ...

Every year, countless lives are lost in home fires because there were no operating smoke detectors in the home. A report published by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) in 2024 reported ...

Many parents think smoking in or around the home mostly affects breathing or causes coughs. But new research by the World Health Organization (WHO) shows that smoking harms children in deeper and more ...

Nov. 2, 2005 — -- Despite all the known risks about smoking and the landmark 1998 promise by Big Tobacco not to target children under 18, each day 2,000 Americans aged 12 to 17 become regular ...

Exposure to cigarette smoke in the womb may interfere with the brain‘s reward system, and make children more vulnerable to addictions. According to the Centers for Disease Control, 13% of women say ...

SWANSEA, Ill. — A Swansea man is recovering after a heroic rescue from his burning home, and it’s all thanks to some neighborhood kids who saw the smoke. The Swansea Police Department said they got ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) - The Center for Disease Control and Prevention warns there is no safe level of exposure to secondhand smoke, and even short periods of exposure can be harmful to people’s health ...

Smoke one cigarette in a car, and the air quality is 11 times worse than in a bar where smoking is allowed. Even with the windows down and the cigarette held at the window, the air quality is ...

Asthma symptoms worsened in children in Vermont and upstate New York exposed to smoke from Canadian wildfires, according to a recent study by UVM.

We don't want to alarm you, but some kids who smoke weed grow up to be professional columnists who rail against drug use without understanding the deeper racial implications of their arguments. Scary, ...