It is highly unlikely that in 1881, when James A. Bonsack invented a cigarette-making machine, that he or anybody else could have predicted the mélange of future symbolism contained in each conveniently packaged stick of tobacco. The cigarette...

Unlit filtered cigarettes. A cigarette is a product consumed via smoking and manufactured out of cured and finely cut tobacco leaves and reconstituted tobacco, combined with other additives,[1] then...

As I hiked in the North Carolina Pisgah National Forest last spring, I passed a young woman taking a cigarette break. I held my breath as I neared her, expecting the harsh smell of cigarette smoke. To my puzzlement, it smelled good--almost like...

Although there are fewer companies producing white cigarettes than those producing clove cigarettes, the white cigarette production is likely to continue to rise, as indicated by the growing demand for white cigarettes within the country and abroad. On Data Consult's record, there...

Traditional cigarettes essentially will be banned from this tobacco-producing state under a new law limiting sales to so-called fire-safe versions.Kentucky is joining seven others that require the special smokes in an effort to prevent fires ignited by cigarettes, according to the National Fire Protection Association."Kentucky,...

The federal agency charged with keeping food and drugs from harming people may soon be asked to take a consumer product that kills more than 400,000 people a year and make it safer.The product is the cigarette _ generally acknowledged as anything but safe. Smoking...