The Latest Breaking News from Smoking

Amid the distress brought by Cyclone Gabrielle, questions begin to form around who is to blame. As is the case in most 'natural' disasters, various corporate and government organisations are left holding smoking guns.

I still remember the raspy voice of the wizened cancer patient with the hole in her throat. So addicted to the poison that was killing her ‌— cigarettes ‌‌— she interspersed her words of warning about the dangers of smoking with taking puffs of a cigarette through her tracheostomy hole‌‌.

Experts say polygenic risk scoring fails to take into other factors that contribute to disease risk, such as smoking or deprivation.

Dustin Fitzgerald had started using vapes after trying to kick his nicotine habit for three years. But just months after using them, Dustin found himself in hospital after dealing with a violent cough which left him in hospital