Ten cigarette companies in the United States have been sent a strongly worded letter that their plan on selling flavored cigarettes is against the law.

In what appears to be a clash between scientists and politicians, Britain's chief drug advisor has re-ignited a familiar debate by suggesting that Ecstasy, LSD and cannabis (marijuana) are less dangerous than both alcohol and cigarettes.

British soldier, Matthew Millington, 31, died at home in Brown Lees, England after receiving lungs from a donor who was known to have smoked between 30 and 50 cigarettes per day.

It's a well-known problem that has finally managed to get media attention in Australia: women in Victorian “state-monitored” care are subject to rape and degrading situations, according to Victoria's Public Advocate. This is a truly nauseating issue.

An inmate revolt at an Ontario prison. Obama's sinking approval rating. Why is Spain banning booze and cigarettes from its beaches? These are the top stories gathering buzz around the world.

Northern European and British tourists arriving on the Spanish Costas this summer can rest assured that the weather will be hot, the sangria will flow and siestas are still commonplace.

ST LOUIS- Will the Gateway to the West finally join the list of 40 of the most populated US cities currently outlawing the use of cigarettes in enclosed public places?

In June, President Obama signed America's strongest anti-smoking bill ever and praised it for providing critically needed protections for kids. Since then he's had to defend his own battle with nicotine addiction.

Australia is currently looking at raising taxes which would raise the price of a packet of cigarettes by 21 per cent. This policy proposal has the full backing of health and related lobbies in Canberra. This is looking like prohibition by other means.

Obama, who has fought the tobacco addiction himself, just signed a law to reign in U.S. tobacco makers. The law gives major governmental powers to stop flavor additives and to require tough new warning labels. But what about exports of cigarettes?

A new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers shows that tobacco manufacturers have continually changed the ingredients and the design of their cigarettes over time.

Cigarette companies in the United States will no longer be allowed to market tobacco products as "low tar," "light," "ultra light" or "mild."

The white and uneducated Canadian Parliament. China orders officials to smoke local cigarettes. Sex-ed through cellphone texts. These are the top stories gaining attention around the world.

In central China, officials have been ordered by the government to smoke approximately a quarter million packs of cigarettes in a year or else they might be slapped with fines.

Smugglers often carry humans, drugs, cigarettes and produce across the border. For two years environmental officials have been watching a group tote snapping turtles and Massassauga rattlesnakes between the US and Canada.

According to a report released on Tuesday by the Washington, D.C.-based Ocean Conservancy, the main source of debris on our Canadian shorelines is (drum roll please) ... cigarette butts. Smokers unite and clean up your act.

Alan Landers was the face of Winston cigarettes for two decades. On Friday he died after battling throat cancer in Lauderhill, Florida.

If it looks like a cigarette, acts like a cigarette, and eases your nicotine cravings like a cigarette, it must be a cigarette. Right? Well…not exactly. It’s an electronic cigarette, and it's raising concerns with health officials.

Nutritionists and doctors are worried that Australians are consuming too much salt, which may harm their health just as adversely as cigarettes do.

Every year, on the third Thursday of November, smokers across the United States take part in the American Cancer Society’s Great American Smokeout® by smoking less or quitting for the day