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OLYMPIA, Wash. -- A renewed effort has just been launched to raise the smoking age in Washington from 18 years old up to 21. It would make this the third state in the country to do that, following in the footsteps of California and Hawaii. Read Full Story

“It is a really big watershed in terms of the industry actually coming clean for the first time ever about the health effects of smoking,” said Mary Rouvelas, senior counsel to the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, in an interview with NBC News. For decades, Big Tobacco lied

“Decades after they were banned from the airwaves, Big Tobacco companies return to prime-time television this weekend — but not by choice,” according to an Associated Press article. More than a decade after a lawsuit won by the American Cancer Society and other plaintiffs and after years of delays

Big Tobacco has been lying to you. They said low tar cigarettes are good for you, nicotine is not addictive and secondhand smoke isn’t deadly. These are all lies and the industry knew it, but we helped catch them. Thanks to a victory in court on a case by the

Big Tobacco spent decades lying to all Americans about smoking and the effects of cigarettes on their health. The truth is now coming out. The American Cancer Society and other plainttiffs won a historic case against the major tobacco companies. The federal judge said tobacco companies made untruthful statements in

For decades, Big Tobacco lied to the American people. They claimed that secondhand smoke is safe, that it is easy to quit smoking and that low-tar cigarettes are less harmful - despite their own internal documents stating otherwise. Finally, after 17 years of lawsuits and negotiations, Big Tobacco is being