The nation's largest tobacco company knew as early as the 1970s that smokers of light cigarettes took larger puffs that delivered greater amounts of tar, according to a newly released memo. The 1975 ...

Goodbye, Marlboro Lights. Hello, Marlboro Gold Pack. "Light" cigarettes are going up in smoke by the end of June, but their names and packaging are getting a colorful makeover. The U.S. Food and Drug ...

WASHINGTON — The nation’s largest tobacco company knew as early as the 1970s that smokers of light cigarettes inhaled more deeply, delivering greater amounts of tar, according to a newly released memo ...

WASHINGTON — More than 45 million Americans are smokers, and nearly 85 percent of them buy “light” cigarettes such as Marlboro Lights, which are advertised as having lower tar and nicotine. The ...

According to a newly published study, 'light' cigarettes appear to be largely to blame for an increase in adenocarcinoma, a type of lung cancer According to a newly published study, 'light' cigarettes ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- Goodbye, Marlboro Lights. Hello, Marlboro Gold Pack. "Light" cigarettes are going up in smoke by the end of June, but their names and packaging are getting a colorful makeover. The ...

Light or low tar cigarettes have holes in the cigarette filter, which allow smokers to inhale more smoke with higher levels of carcinogens, mutagens and other toxins, and have been on the market for ...