Meta Platforms’ big AI moment is overshadowing its “big-tobacco” moment. But this is a tough time to have any sort of cloud over the business that is paying for the social network’s attempt to remake ...

New federal funding will allow researchers in the Mountain West to study the polluted air associated with wildfires. The Nevada based nonprofit Desert Research Institute (DRI) has landed a $1.3 ...

Starting today, California is taking a stand against thirdhand smoke. While most people are well aware of the health threat of secondhand smoke — what you inhale from someone smoking a cigarette ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (LEX 18) — A new Kentucky law requiring smoke shops to obtain updated retail licenses takes effect Jan. 1, marking a significant step in efforts to prevent youth vaping across the state ...

(NEXSTAR) – Sitting somewhere when a cloud of cotton candy vapor washes over you? If you can smell the sweet scent of a vape, that’s not a great sign. As vaping becomes a more common replacement for ...

In fall 2020, I woke up in an apocalypse. It was 8 a.m., but the world outside was dark and blanketed by an angry red sky. With all the lights on in the house, we watched specks of smoke and debris ...

MINNEAPOLIS — The skies were mostly clear and blue in the Twin Cities Tuesday, but Dr. Dorothy Curran says we're not in the clear yet when it comes to breathing problems and the Canadian wildfire ...

An air quality alert is in effect in Vermont throughout Aug. 4 due to smoke from the ongoing Canadian wildfires, according to the National Weather Service. The air is unhealthy for sensitive groups, ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Air Quality Alerts remain in effect for the Chicago area Friday due to smoke from Canadian wildfires. ABC7 Accuweather Meteorologist Jaisol Martinez says the smoke in the lower levels ...

Canadian wildfire smoke will continue to impact Wisconsin's surface air quality over the next several days. The current advisory in effect statewide until noon on Thursday, July 31 has been extended ...