Indoors, Invisible Smoke Can Kill You
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By PHIL MULKINS Action Line  Dear Action Line:   Some fire deaths are attributed to "smoke inhalation." People breathe wood smoke all the time without harm. It makes people think it's OK to go back into burning buildings. -- R.W., Tulsa.
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A visit to church may be good for the soul but not so good for the lungs, a new study shows. Scientists from Maastricht University in the Netherlands found that burning candles and incense in church can release
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First, roaches. Now, second-hand smoke. It's more litigation by residents at the Ansonia, the majestic Beaux-Arts building on the Upper West Side.
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Separate smoking sections don&#039;t cut it: Only smoke-free buildings and public places truly protect nonsmokers from the hazards of breathing in other people&#039;s tobacco smoke, says a long-awaited surgeon general&#039;s report.
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By The Beaumont Enterprise, Texas  Dec. 15--A Beaumont man died from smoke inhalation Thursday after a fire started in his FEMA trailer, according to Beaumont Fire Department officials.
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NEW YORK  - Heavy smokers who cut down on cigarettes may actually do little to reduce their exposure to toxic tobacco compounds, a new study suggests.
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NEW YORK  - Heart attack survivors are more likely to suffer further heart problems if they are regularly exposed to second-hand smoke, Greek researchers report.
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No one should be exposed to passive smoking because of the serious health risks it poses, according to an expert committee of scientists, it emerged today.
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HELOTES, Tex. -- The smoke comes and goes with the breeze, but some days it blankets Deanna Rodriguez's neighborhood, covering cars in grimy ash and seeping inside homes. Some days, when the wind blows from the south, her house becomes almost uninhabitable.
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Smokers, beware: This bedroom community near San Francisco may soon put you in the same category as rodents, junk cars and weeds. The Dublin City Council gave preliminary approval last week to an ordinance declaring secondhand tobacco smoke a public nuisance, a move designed to make it easier for residents to take to court neighbors who puff with impunity.
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A new tracking system to pinpoint people  inside smoked-filled buildings has been developed in a move  that should slash the risks faced by firefighters.
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Smoking has long been known to cause cancer, heart disease, impotence and so on -- now, damage to your IQ can be added to the list.
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New York officials said today that a deadly steam pipe explosion did not leave asbestos in the air but that the substance was found in some solid debris and dust. The blast Wednesday in midtown Manhattan sent plumes of steam and ash into the air. One person died.
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NEW YORK  - Early signs of heart disease in young adult smokers may quickly dissipate soon after they kick the habit, a new study from Japan shows.
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About 100,000 Chinese die annually from diseases associated with passive smoking while more than half a billion on the mainland suffer from the smoke exhaled from cigarettes, according to the Xinhua news agency.
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The California fires exposed the often-invisible existence of illegal immigrants in ways that were sometimes deadly.
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Your chances of getting a peaceful night&#39;s sleep are better if you don&#39;t smoke, or spend time around anyone who does. That&#39;s because smoking -- both active and passive -- makes