tobacco

Former New Jersey Governor and current State Senator Dick Codey plans to introduce a bill that would raise the minimum age for buying cigarettes in the Garden State from 19 to 21.

The University of Pennsylvania's health system says that beginning this summer people who use tobacco products will no longer be hired.

In a growing trend, New Jersey colleges and universities are giving tobacco a failing grade and banning tobacco use on campus. The increasing move is detailed in a new American Cancer Society report.

The American Lung Association's out with a new report on New Jersey's efforts to curb tobacco use, and it leaves a lot of room for improvement.

A new study shows that for approximately one third of apartment and condo residents, secondhand smoke is seeping through the walls and traveling through ventilation systems. About 3.3 million New Jersey residents live in multi-unit housing.