TOBACCO companies have sold “light” cigarettes for decades by promoting their supposedly low tar content, implying that this might make them less harmful to smokers’ health than cigarettes with more ...

According to a newly published study, 'light' cigarettes appear to be largely to blame for an increase in adenocarcinoma, a type of lung cancer According to a newly published study, 'light' cigarettes ...

Compared with filtered cigarettes, unfiltered cigarettes are associated with an increased risk of lung cancer, lung cancer death, and death from any cause. Although marketed as a safer alternative, ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - So-called "light" cigarettes may damage a smoker's blood vessels as much as regular cigarettes do, a small study shows. Researchers in Turkey found that among healthy young ...

A judge says cigarette labels such as "light," "ultra light" or "low tar" will no longer be permitted. Alan Blum of the Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society at the University of Alabama, offers ...

SEATTLE - Two local women are taking on the tobacco industry giants and it could mean a whole lot of money in your pocket. Lower in tar. A breed apart, but not sacrificing the great taste. These are ...

More than 45 million Americans are smokers, and nearly 85 percent of them buy "light" cigarettes such as Marlboro Lights, which are advertised as having lower tar and nicotine. The Supreme Court, on ...

Massachusetts' Supreme Judicial Court upheld a nearly $37 million judgment in favor of Patricia Walsh Greene, who claimed she was misled by Marlboro parent company Philip Morris into believing its ...

NPR's Debbie Elliott reports on a new series of lawsuits accusing tobacco companies of misleading smokers into thinking that 'light' cigarettes are less harmful than other kinds. Even though 'light' ...

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tobacco firms can be sued under state law for deceptive advertising of "light" cigarettes, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday in a decision that could affect some 40 suits ...