Among all people aged over 16, one in 10, or more than five million people, use e-cigarettes, according to the UK’s Office for National Statistics. Vaping rates among those aged 16 to 24 are now ...

Warnings from Treasury that soaring excise rates would force smokers to look for cheaper, illegal cigarettes have been borne ...

The worst of the ills of social media are coming home to roost. While there’s no denying the positive effects it has had on ...

A team of public health researchers found "very low-certainty evidence" to support a commonly held belief that nicotine vaping is a gateway to ...

This guest essay reflects the views of Dr. Richard Barakat, physician-in-chief at the Northwell Health Cancer Institute.

Conducting scientific studies is never easy, and there are often major disasters along the way. A researcher accidentally spills coffee on a keyboard ...

Australian passports are admired globally for their technological sophistication. The biometric passport, which includes advanced facial recognition technology and anti-fraud measures, was adopted ...

The 'loneliness epidemic' is apparently spreading around the world, but what does it look like here in New Zealand?

University of Queensland researchers have found smoking rates have declined twice as fast in New Zealand as in Australia, ...

University of Queensland researchers have found smoking rates have declined twice as fast in New Zealand as in Australia, ...

A new campaign is targeting smoking as 1500 people die from tobacco a year in Western Australia. Writer and teacher Iris ...

Rising air pollution, changes in hormone levels, immune system imbalances and longer life expectancy are increasing the risk ...