WASHINGTON — Federal health officials on Thursday backed the public health benefits of nicotine pouches, authorizing Philip Morris International’s Zyn to help adult smokers cut back or quit ...

Smokers and obese patients face being ordered to the back of the queue for operations under Government plans to slash waiting lists. The move, unveiled yesterday by the Prime Minister, means only ...

Firefighters are still struggling to control the blazes, which have led to wildfire smoke that’s worsening the air quality in the region. Wildfire smoke can travel long distances and affect the ...

Major fires spreading in Los Angeles have engulfed the city in a thick cloud of smoke, prompting air quality advisories in multiple areas of southern California. Wildfire smoke can cause high ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Hiding under a parasol from the pouring rain, smoking a cheap cigarette outside the hair salon where he ...

Wildfires in California aren’t all wild anymore. They often burn in urban areas, creating a toxic soup of smoke, ash and noxious substances that can be dangerous, even deadly. In Los Angeles ...

So is the intense heat generated. But remember, where there’s fire, there’s smoke, which may be a reversal of the standard proverb but is highly relevant here. The wildfires are creating large ...

The plumes of smoke are even visible from space. Residents of many fire-prone areas—as well as those far downwind—have grown familiar with the orange, apocalyptic haze of wildfire smoke as ...

“44,” a humorous musical about Barack Obama‘s presidency, has announced its complete casting ahead of its production at the Kirk Douglas Theatre. The show, which is produced by Monica ...

But as wildfires intensify and grow more frequent in a warming world, the smoke from these fires is emerging as a new and deadly pollution source, health experts say. By some estimates ...