Cigarettes were once unavoidable in the U.S., in restaurants, airplanes, your mom's living room — until health warnings and cultural pressure put out the hype. The big picture: Something's shifted.

Gen Z — largely comprised of middle- and high-school students — reported the lowest smoking rates on record in 2024, according to CDC and FDA data, but that trend may be in jeopardy. "Overall, the ...

Just about every teen tries cigarettes, vaping, chewing tobacco or snuff, so don’t despair! That’s because, alongside all the warnings and campaigns, there are subtle messages that smoking is edgy and ...

The stars are lighting up again. “Need a cigarette to make me feel better,” crooned pop star Addison Rae on her 2025 single “Headphones On,” while Lorde sang “this is the best cigarette of my life” in ...

Pop star Sabrina Carpenter leans over a sink, a cigarette between her fingers, dressed in a corset made entirely of cigarette ...

Of all the fashion trends to make a comeback, cigarettes were an unlikely contender. After all, it’s 2024. A year when you can’t go 10 minutes on a night out without smelling the saccharine scent of ...

Smoking cigarettes is making a comeback. The CEO of Sesh+ believes his product offers a less harmful alternative.

Smoking already seemed to be making a comeback in pop culture. Now, with President Donald Trump's administration gutting the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and ...

My boyfriend’s college roommate recently moved to Austin and because we have an extra room, I agreed to let him stay with us. I realized almost immediately this was a huge mistake because the minute ...

So you think smoking is cool? What's cool about breath that smells like the bottom of a bird cage? What's cool about holes in your clothing because the ash from your cigarette fell on them? What's ...

I have a friend named Susan who lives on Cape Cod. In her teens, she taught Caroline Kennedy horseback riding. She became a nurse and raised two sons who went to Harvard. She smoked cigarettes for a ...