A loophole that permits smoking in places that sell substantial amounts of cigarettes could potentially undermine this protection.

But it is also clear that elected officials at all levels must do more to implement the scientifically proven measures that have produced these declines.

In this case, the courts are going to find that the FDA is right,

The FDA didn't act earlier only because the tobacco industry successfully hid what it knew about the health effects of its products, and what it knew about the impact of nicotine on consumers.

These agreements have helped change the social norm in which it was easy for young people to purchase tobacco products. The significance of the 7-Eleven agreement depends on whether it extends to franchisees and whether it is strictly enforced by the corporate office.

We think it is inexcusable for a Web site dedicated to providing credible advice to the American public to include an advertisement from a company that sells more cigarettes to more people than any other company in the United States.

The president is right to focus on children. Over 90 percent of all Americans who smoke started as children.

The Partnership for a Healthy Mississippi has succeeded precisely because in this state, politicians kept their promise about why they brought the tobacco lawsuit.

This report is powerful evidence that the kinder, gentler Philip Morris depicted in the company's U.S. ads is just a wolf in sheep's clothing.

Today, teenage girls smoke in record numbers, because the tobacco companies have been successful in associating smoking with independence, freedom, rebellion, and for many girls, a key for weight loss.