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Tobacco group Philip Morris International on Wednesday said it had bought 22.61% of U.K.-based respiratory drug developer Vectura in a market purchase.

The newest research, reported Monday, shows lung cancer patients who stopped smoking gained nearly two years of life compared to those who continued to smoke.

“I want to allow this company to leave smoking behind,” Philip Morris CEO Jacek Olczak said in an interview with the Mail on Sunday.

A new way to quit smoking is in the final phases of study. Its approval would be the first new treatment option since 2006. Anyone interested in signing up for the trial can call 617-726-7443, visit rally.partners.org/study/quitsmoking or e-mail mghquitsmoking@mgh.harvard.edu.

The Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday it will begin the process of banning menthol tobacco cigarettes in an attempt to improve the health of groups most likely to smoke menthol products.

Phase 2 of Massachusetts’ vaccine distribution timeline is scheduled to begin in less than two weeks – that’s two months ahead of the general population. Some were surprised to learn that one “co-morbid condition” that qualifies people to get the vaccine in that earlier phase is smoking. “Doesn’t really seem right to me, but on the other hand, I do…

Smokers in Massachusetts may be able to get the coronavirus vaccine as soon as February after a recent change in the state’s priority order for the vaccine.

Health experts say smokers who contract COVID-19 can get much sicker, and contract more severe symptoms, than non-smokers. One study found smoking nearly doubles the rate of disease progression, and that smokers were at greater risk of severe outcomes and death. 

The Massachusetts Attorney General and Massachusetts General Hospital issued a warning Thursday about the potential increased dangers and risks associated with smoking and vaping during the coronavirus pandemic. In an advisory sent to medical professionals, educators and parent groups, Attorney General Maura Healey and Mass. General warned that smoking or vaping may put people into a higher risk category, could…

Researchers at Harvard University and Children’s Hospital Boston are looking at connections between vaping and smoking and COVID-19. If there is a connection, will it get people to stop either of the bad habits?

U-Haul has a New Year’s resolution: cut down on hiring people who smoke. The moving company said that it won’t hire nicotine users in the 21 states where it is legal to do so, saying that it wants to make its work environment “healthier.” The new policy will start Feb. 1, and won’t apply to those hired before then. The...

A town in Vermont’s Rutland County is about to ban vaping, as well as other tobacco use, in certain busy community spaces. The peaceful park in the center of Fair Haven will soon be off-limits to folks using e-cigarettes, after a vote from the town’s select board. At its last meeting, the board passed an ordinance banning all tobacco use...

Amid public health concerns and nuisance complaints, a Vermont community will soon ban vaping in public spaces.

The minimum age for buying tobacco products in New Hampshire is going up, but not as much as some advocates wanted.

You now must be at least 21 to buy cigarettes in Vermont. A new law that increased the minimum age from 18 went into effect on Sunday. The measure also increases the legal age to 21 for buying electronic cigarettes. According to the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, Vermont is among 18 states that have raised the minimum age to buy…

Sales of adult-use marijuana in Massachusetts have reached nearly $140 million through the end of May. Marijuana Business Daily reports that sales continue to rise through six months of operations following a November 2018 launch.

Vermont is close to joining a dozen states that have raised the smoking age to 21. The Legislature has passed the bill and the governor expects to sign it pending a review.

The legal age to buy cigarettes, e-cigarettes and other tobacco products in Massachusetts will be 21 beginning in 2019.

No matter where you live in Massachusetts, the legal age to buy cigarettes, e-cigarettes and other tobacco products will be 21 beginning in 2019. About half of the state’s cities and towns, including Boston, had already bumped the legal age up from 18 to 21, but the new law makes it a statewide standard.

The state fire marshal says a fire in an Orange home last week that killed a disabled woman was caused by smoking.