Iain Gately, a British author, Cambridge scholar, and cigar smoker, has written a fascinating cultural history of tobacco use. In Tobacco: A Cultural History of How an Exotic Plant Seduced ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS)—World No Tobacco Day is observed every May 31 to highlight the harmful effects of tobacco on people’s health and the environment. Because of the growing evidence of its dangers, St.

Black tobacco farmers fight to preserve a legacy despite hardship and systemic injustice. This episode explores the rich yet challenging history of Black tobacco farmers in Virginia. From the earliest ...

With cultivation dating back thousands of years, tobacco was an important crop for various Native American nations in North America. Evidence that the Maya in what is now Mexico grew tobacco dates to ...

As lawmakers and public health experts debate the safety of nicotine pouches, researchers from Rutgers Health found that for now, most adults that use these products also have a history of tobacco use ...

As lawmakers and public health experts debate the safety of nicotine pouches, researchers from Rutgers Health found that for now, most adults that use these products also have a history of tobacco use ...

Here it is—everything you ever wanted to know about tobacco, from Amerindian prehistory right up to the Clinton/Lewinsky cigar tryst. As Gately traces the role of tobacco in history's major military ...