Record response to smoking debate
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More than 27,000 people respond to the government-sponsored public consultation on smoking in public places.
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In 1954, a landmark study by British scientist Richard Doll provided the first incontrovertible evidence that smoking causes lung cancer.
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The Scottish Cabinet is set to meet on Wednesday to consider whether to introduce a ban on smoking in public places. Do you agree with this proposal?
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The great majority of smokers think they are well informed about the health risks of their habit, but many of them are wrong, a new U.S. survey suggests.
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England slammed the door on smoking in  bars, workplaces and public buildings on Sunday in what  campaigners hail as the biggest boost to public health since  the creation of the National Health Service in 1948.
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Four out of five people want the legal age of smoking raised from 16 to 18, to deter youngsters from taking up the habit, a new report has found.
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The United Nations health agency yesterday issued its strongest policy recommendations yet for controlling tobacco use, urging all countries to ban smoking at indoor workplaces and in public buildings.
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The image of a smoker who speaks through an artificial voice box, was scary enough to prompt thousands of New Yorkers to quit cigarettes last year.
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Controversial images of diseased lungs which health advisers want to see on every cigarette packet were revealed today. The hard-hitting anti-smoking campaign
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One in 10 people keep their smoking habits from loved ones, doctors or employers, a survey suggests.
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By Terry Rindfleisch, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Feb. 21--When people talk about a statewide smoke-free workplace law, Doug Mormann understands the politics but wishes legislators and others would be more concerned about public health.
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Director Anurag Kashyap gets real about his new film, No Smoking.
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NEW YORK  - The tobacco industry for many  years claimed that it was unaware of biological evidence that  smoking is harmful to health, but that was untrue according to  a medical journal report.
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Health secretary John Reid will today face universal condemnation from doctors and health professionals for failing to adopt the one public health measure in his white paper they say would save more lives than any other - a total smoking ban in enclosed
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The American Cancer Society&#39;s Great American Smokeout took place yesterday, the third Thursday of November, challenging smokers to smoke less or quit smoking for that day.
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A government minister has told the BBC that some form of ban on smoking could be introduced in England and Wales. Tell us what you think.
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Scotland should press ahead with plans to ban smoking in public places, a conference in Edinburgh is to hear. Delegates from the European Medical Associations (EMA) will discuss tobacco control and the merits of public bans during the three-day event.