The data on the health effects from smoking cigarettes has been clear for decades. Today, tobacco use causes nearly 1 in 5 deaths each year in the U.S. While many of these deaths are cancer-related, ...

Smoking cigars was linked to an increased risk for stroke, atrial fibrillation, and heart failure, while smokeless tobacco raised the risk of dying from coronary heart disease. Pipe use showed ...

Some argue that pipe smoking is far less harmful than smoking cigarettes. But this assumption is based on several old myths that don’t stand up to more recent research. Here’s what we know. It’s ...