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New York's Westchester County is raising the age to buy tobacco and vaping products from 18 to 21.

Sneaking a cigarette in the school bathroom? How quaint. Today's teens have taken to vaping, an alternative to smoking that's so discreet they can do it without even leaving the classroom.

Drivers who smoke in the City of Schenectady are no longer allowed to do so when a child is present as a passenger. The City Council passed legislation for the ban on Tuesday night in a 5-1 vote.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska will soon become the first state in the nation to allow customers to smoke pot and consume marijuana edibles at authorized retail stores.

There are some reports, not many, that claim these electronic cigarettes have caught fire or have blown up. One such case occurred last week at St. Luke's Hospital in New Hartford, New York.

One person is dead in a house fire in Sayre that is being blamed on smoking in bed while using an oxygen tank. Fire officials say the blaze on Peck Street was reported shortly after midnight December 2.  An 83 year old man’s bed caught fire and he was killed...

A new press announcement from the FDA is issuing a ban on four different brands of cigarettes. Store owners and retailers are going to have 30 days to get rid of their supply of these smokes.

If you’re a fan of Disney baddies like cigar-smoking Bill Sykes from Oliver & Company (and really, who isn’t a fan of Bill Sykes from Oliver & Company?), this news is relevant to your tobacco-stained interests: The Walt Disney Company has banned all depictions of smoking from all of its films from all of its child-oriented labels (including Pixar, Marvel, and Lucasfilm) rated G through PG-13. Via a press release:

The state government in Hawaii has approved a first-in-the-nation law that ups the age to purchase cigarettes to 21. Anti-tobacco groups are pushing for similar laws in other states. Could New York be next?

WASHINGTON (AP) — America's biggest tobacco companies say they're ready and willing to pass along factual public health information about cigarettes.