In a major clinical trial, researchers have discovered that vaporized nicotine products, or VNPs, are significantly more effective at helping people quit smoking than traditional nicotine replacement therapies.

The cause of a fire at a Massachusetts assisted-living facility that left 10 people dead remains undetermined for now as officials investigate whether smoking materials and an issue with a medical oxygen machine may have been factors,

Johnson says he wants to put social workers at stops and launch an anti-smoking campaign. A council member who’s pushed for enforcement against smoking says the mayor’s ideas could lack teeth.

While smoking is already banned on the CTA, a group of Chicago alderpeople called for stricter enforcement of the ban last month.

Investigators may never know for certain what sparked the fire. But a clearer picture of what happened has begun to come into focus.

"The freedom to smoke must end where the freedom of children to breathe fresh air begins," added Vautrin. According to a report from the World Health Organization, there is no safe level of exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke.