The surest way to get teenagers to do something is to tell them not to. That principle appears to apply to some smoking-prevention ads created by tobacco companies, a new study has found ...

As tobacco use is falling and control measures have reached a critical mass of people, a phase-out of commercial tobacco use has been on the table in some countries.

PHOENIX — A last-minute decision by Arizona officials has snuffed out a series of anti-smoking television commercials aimed at teens and children.

Anti-tobacco advocacy groups express concerns about e-cigs being a gateway to traditional cigarettes, particularly since they are sold in flavorings not available with traditional cigarettes.

In 2014, the CDC launched a national tobacco education campaign to get Americans to quit smoking. A report measuring the latest outcomes of the campaign suggests the ads are still having a ...

Smoking, the anti-smoking movement says, in effect, is a plague, whose ravages can only be combated through drastic government action.

WASHINGTON — Decades after they were banned from the airwaves, Big Tobacco companies return to prime-time television this weekend — but not by choice.

In yet another effort to encourage smokers to quit, the federal government has launched its first paid anti-tobacco media campaign that features graphic stories of former smokers who suffer ...

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Hard-hitting ads made by an anti-smoking foundation keep teen-agers away from cigarettes, while ads produced by tobacco maker Philip Morris do little to dissuade teens from ...

ATLANTA (AP) — In a graphic new ad campaign announced Thursday, the government is trying to shock smokers into quitting with the sometimes-gruesome stories of people damaged by tobacco products.

Some 2.6 billion people in 79 countries are covered by smoke-free policies in indoor public places, the WHO reports.

Smoking-prevention ads that tobacco companies targeted at kids themselves appeared to have no effect either way, the study found.