Pipes shedding stodgy image after decades of decline. Handsome hand made pipes by Richard Lewis, a Minneapolis pipe maker and seller. Courtesy George Lewis — -- Pipe smoking had long gone the way ...

Some argue that pipe smoking is far less harmful than smoking cigarettes. But this assumption is based on several old myths that don’t stand up to more recent research. Here’s what we know. It’s ...

Pipe smoking is not nearly as prevalent in the United States as it was a few decades ago. Yet the pipe smokers who remain are “a highly devoted customer base,” said Paul Creasy, president of Sutliff ...

Pipe and cigar smokers often wave off worries that smoking is bad for their health. They claim their habit is harmless and perpetuate the common misperception that pipes and cigars are somehow safer ...

It was a very special moment in any young man’s life: buying his first pipe. On a recent Saturday afternoon, 25-year-old Ben Darge stood at the counter of Iwan Ries, which bills itself as America’s ...

Non-cigarette tobacco use has jumped dramatically. Aug. 5, 2012— -- Americans are smoking fewer cigarettes, but the use of other forms of combustible tobacco has jumped dramatically, the CDC is ...

CLARKSTON – Washington smokers facing a ban on lighting up in bars and restaurants are taking their habit – and money – to Idaho. “I’ve had regular clientele tell me right to my face they’re going to ...

Back in the 1930s my dad, a successful lawyer in Grand Rapids, Mich., had some stress and tension problems that his doctor felt were due to how intense he was about every phase of his life. Having ...

Health insurers say smokers who don’t face up to their habit while buying coverage on exchanges drive up prices for everyone else. Julio Cortez Associated Press file Barred from restaurants, banned on ...

Pipe Smoker of the Year 2002 went to tobacco industry insider Richard Dunhill. With so few famous people now in the running for this once-prestigious award, BBC News Online's Ryan Dilley sets his ...