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 ...

New research from Harvard School of Public Health (HPSH) shows that one year after the federal government passed a law banning word descriptors such as "light," "mild," and "low" on cigarette packages ...

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 ...

CHICAGO (CBS.MW) -- A Florida appellate court ruled Wednesday that a tobacco suit involving Altria Group's Marlboro Lights and Ultra Lights cigarettes should not have been certified as class-action ...

The Supreme Court said yesterday that consumers may sue over what they allege to be deceptive marketing of "light" cigarettes, a decision that opens tobacco companies to what could be billions of ...

WASHINGTON, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Tobacco firms can be sued under state law for deceptive advertising of "light" cigarettes, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday in a decision that could affect some 40 ...

Melissa Block talks with Tom Perrotta, staff reporter for the New York Law Journal, about U.S. District Judge Jack Weinstein, who is the presiding judge on the class action lawsuit involving "light" ...

NPR's Debbie Elliott reports on a new series of lawsuits accusing tobacco companies of misleading smokers into thinking that 'light' cigarettes are less harmful than other kinds. Even though 'light' ...

Major national cigarette brands that historically advertised “low nicotine,” “light,” “ultra-light” or “smooth” styles were referring to the smoking machine-measured nicotine yield of cigarettes – not ...