They come in flavors like bubble gum and cotton candy, and some of them are designed to look like pens or flash drives. It's no surprise that curious teenagers might be attracted to e-cigarettes. That ...

When children of the 1980s and ’90s meet Rob Nelson, they share with him a version of the same misty, water-colored memory: the dusty dugout of a hometown baseball field, a scrappy summer ...

Wilmette traveler league’s Michael Graham looks out from the dugout while blowing a bubble with Big League Chew at Roemer Park in Wilmette, Ill. MCT photo CHICAGO — Thomas Nugent, a shortstop on ...

Among adults motivated to quit smoking, electronic cigarettes are more effective than nicotine chewing gum and as effective as varenicline in achieving sustained abstinence at 6 months, a randomized ...

Today's Oregonian features a story about middle school students in Hillsboro "smoking Smarties," which involves sucking the sugar dust of the tablet-like candies and blowing it out like smoke. While ...

New research shows that offering free smoking cessation aids, such as nicotine patches and chewing gum, does not help employees quit, whereas supplementing them with financial incentives is three ...

A popular nostalgia-based item on Reddit and elsewhere online is an image of "Mister Merry's Play Lighter Set" — a product from a time when marketing cigarettes to children was generally accepted: ...