Thirdhand smoke lingers in homes and may expose children to toxic substances even without active smoking. Biomarker testing revealed tobacco exposure in all children studied, despite 60% of caregivers ...

The typical range for professional cigarette smoke odor removal costs is between $200 and $1,000. The most significant cost factors for this project include house size, severity, treatment type, and ...

Although I rent in a nonsmoking building, my apartment frequently smells like I’m chain-puffing Marlboros 24/7. The smell’s sneaking through my vents, permeating the lobby, and wafting into the ...

Scientists say trendy indoor wood burners at home can lead to a decline in lung function by causing inflammation. The post ...

Cigarette smoking is widespread and deadly, yet our understanding of how cigarette smoke actually causes serious respiratory illnesses is incomplete, which has severely hampered the development of ...

Burning wood indoors could cause damage in a similar way to cigarette smoke, researchers have warned, after a new study ...

EXHIBIT A: While in Costa Rica, we were at an Airbnb when my son saw something on an outdoor coffee table. “What’s that, a cigarette thingee?” What he was referring to was an ashtray. When I told him ...

Dogs are humans’ best friends. Need to quickly locate a bomb? There’s a dog for that. Can’t see very well? There’s a dog for that. Searching for a lost hiker in the mountains or survivors in an ...

It hits at a certain time in the afternoon, when a familiar craving strikes. You walk to the kitchen. The satisfying sound of a can cracking, the hiss of bubbles. It’s time for a “fridge cigarette”—or ...

Cigarettes are awesome and everyone knows it. Governments have used every tool in the toolshed to suppress smoking, including punishingly high taxes, advertising restrictions, public smoking bans, ...

When Massachusetts and California took steps to ban menthol cigarettes in 2020 and 2022, respectively, it took just days for new, nonmenthol cigarettes to appear in stores. The packaging for these ...