Cigars may have a reputation for being safer than cigarettes, but they may be just as harmful and addictive, according to Penn State researchers, who add that small cigars have just as much if not ...

WASHINGTON (CN) - While Congress phases out a program to aid domestic tobacco farmers, a maker of little cigars must still pay an $11 million assessment, a federal judge ruled. Congress decided in ...

MADISON, Wis. – Taxes on a type of cigar that looks like a cigarette may be going up in Wisconsin. Republican Rep. Dale Kooyenga has long pushed for little cigars, which have filters and are smaller ...

WASHINGTON -- Attorneys general from 39 states are lobbying to change federal regulations that allow tobacco manufacturers to classify cigarettes as "little cigars," which they say allows these ...

NEW YORK -- In an attempt to raise $16 million in state revenues, Pennsylvania is considering taxing little cigars. The state took 101 days to come up with a budget this year, longer than any other ...

Many people choose to smoke cigars, because, unlike cigarettes, the smoke isn't inhaled directly. Cigar smokers puff but do not drag as cigarette smokers do. Research from Penn State, however, shows ...

Little cigars are attractive to teens because they look like cigarettes but cost pennies each Marketers of e-cigarettes are advertising them in malls and places where teens hang out E-cigarettes come ...

A 2009 law that raised federal taxes on tobacco products to discourage smoking triggered a market shift to pipe tobacco and large cigars, costing the U.S. Treasury billions in lost revenue, according ...

The packaging is pretty and the product sounds tasty, even a little wholesome. But inside the brightly colored wrappers that tout an assortment of flavors such as vanilla, strawberry and peach are ...

Addition of flavors reduces the harsh taste of tobacco, facilitating the initiation and maintenance of addiction among youths. Flavored cigarettes (except menthol) are now banned. However, the ...

Despite all the known health hazards of smoking – cancer and respiratory and heart disease high among them – cigars are making a quiet comeback. In recent years, the U.S. has seen a startling shift in ...