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The much-missed Beatle was perfectly honest about the addiction that killed him: smoking. MORE
By Will Godfrey
A Malaysian ape is rescued from a bad zoo after tourists tossed it habit-forming lit cigarettes. MORE
By Dirk Hanson
Major new study puts future of popular anti-craving drug in doubt. MORE
By Dirk Hanson
Attempt to free parks and beaches from smoke called “an absolute joke.” MORE
By Dirk Hanson
Anti-smoking ordinances protect people from secondhand smoke, but they don’t help smokers quit. MORE
By Dirk Hanson
Why Alcohol Riots Plague Pro Sports, How Nicotine Addiction Gave Birth to Modern Medicine, and Why Harvard Scientists are Making LSD (Again). MORE
By Dirk Hanson
Telephone support programs for smokers are running out of money. MORE
By Dirk Hanson
Are menthols more addictive and hazardous to your health than regular cigarettes? The FDA certainly thinks so. But a respected new study sponsored by the National Cancer Institute strongly disagrees. MORE
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