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WASHINGTON — Movies and cigarettes have long gone together like Bogey and Bacall, but after years of pressure from advocacy groups, films will now get tougher ratings if their characters light up. The ...

Cigarette butts on toilet seats. Clouds of smoke hovering above bathroom stalls. Teenagers coughing uncontrollably. This scene is all too familiar in school bathrooms across the country. To stop ...

The number of U.S. movies showing people smoking has declined since 2005, but cigarettes are featured in far too many films and could be influencing young people to take up the habit, according to a ...

Onscreen cigarettes aren’t just for the Don Drapers and Thomas Shelbys of the television and movie world anymore. In fact, it seems more contemporary characters than ever are blowing smoke. After ...

Smoking around your children may hurt the lung health of your grandchildren, according to Australian research. The Melbourne University study, published in British medical journal Thorax has found the ...

Newsflash: Kids don't like being preached to - especially when it's done hypocritically A recent study assessed the impact parents have over the decisions their teenagers make concerning whether or ...