FARGO -- Chris Carlson’s nicotine habit started with chewing tobacco and his college fraternity brothers. He really got hooked in the mid ’80s as an exchange student in Sweden, where he says everyone ...

Thursday's Great American Smoke-Out is also a snuff-out. Or, if you prefer, a chew-out. Or even a snoose-out. Smoking gets much of the focus for the annual event, but organizers also hope to persuade ...

Today, cancer-free but still disfigured, Gruen von Behrens is a 34-year-old motivational speaker who travels across America sharing his story with schoolchildren, health officials, and policymakers in ...

Snuff is a tobacco product that people put into their noses or mouths. Even though it is smokeless, snuff and snus carry the same adverse health risks as smoking cigarettes. Some people believe the ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Sam Adler/Daily. Buy this photo. The University of Michigan announced Monday that the existing ban ...

Regular smokers are at heightened risk of developing cardiovascular disease, but crushing the butts in favor of a "smokeless" alternative like chewing tobacco, snuff or tobacco lozenges may go a long ...

WASHINGTON, March 5 (Reuters) - Use of snuff and chewing tobacco by U.S. adolescent boys, particularly in rural areas, has surged this decade, a federal agency said in a report on Thursday that raised ...