The new estimate was nearly twice as high as a 2000 estimate published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) which found that a single cigarette shortened a person’s life by 11 minutes on average.

Some bodegas in the Bronx are now selling eggs in threes as customers struggle with the soaring cost of an entire carton.

Just one puff may be enough to get children addicted to cigarettes, doctors said yesterday. Children and teenagers become hooked on nicotine with astonishing speed after using amounts of tobacco ...

Not everyone supports the proposal. “I totally understand why people would want a flavor ban and want to ban single-use cigarettes or e-cigarettes, but at the same time, it’s just not ...

Disposable flavored e-cigarette devices are displayed for sale at Vapes N Smoke in Pinecrest, Florida, on June 26, 2023. The French parliament is considering a ban on single-use products.

For every cigarette, smokers lose on average 20 minutes from their lifespan. To put this into perspective, a pack of 20 cigarettes equates to almost seven hours of life gone. But not all hope is lost.