About 60 percent of Americans - 175 million people - now live in communities that restrict smoking in public places.

On Nov. 3, voters in St. Louis County can add the county’s nearly 1 million residents to the list by voting…

The federal government finally will regulate cigarette manufacturing and marketing. That’s long overdue, as anyone familiar with the tobacco industry’s shameful history can attest.
President Barack Obama — an occasional smoker who admits that he still struggles daily with his nicotine…

Time was when having a drink in a North Carolina bar meant having a cigarette, too — or at least inhaling a few coffin nails’ worth of tobacco smoke.
Times have changed.
The nation’s largest tobacco-producing state just became the latest state…

Smokers began paying dramatically higher prices yesterday. The federal cigarette tax jumped by 62 cents a pack overnight, to $1.01. Levies on other tobacco products also rose.
Obviously, smokers are upset. But this is an excellent opportunity to do what most…

Smokers and Medicaid recipients in Missouri

This map shows Missouri Medicaid enrollment and smoking rates by county. The darker the color, the greater the percentage of people in Medicaid. Counties with cross-hatching have the highest smoking rates, followed by those with…