Finally, Phillip Morris is fessing up about its light cigarettes. The company says it is including printed inserts in about million packs of cigarettes sold between now and the end of the year. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Suits filed against two cigarette makers over the marketing of "light" cigarettes have been thrown out by a federal appeals court. Earlier this month, a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court ...

A federal appeals court has decided to review a lower court ruling that let a $200 billion lawsuit filed by “light” cigarette smokers proceed as a class action, according to a court document. The ...