A man with a broken ankle is facing a lifetime of pain because a Health Service hospital has refused to treat him unless he gives up smoking."I want to warn other smokers that they could be denied medical treatment and there is nothing we can do about it.

Amid the explosions echoing through the mountains of Afghanistan, or the ruins of an Iraqi neighborhood, the robust aroma of a fine cigar is helping U.S. troops remember life back home.The work is most gratifying Photos of military men and women hoisting

Dutch scientist Marc van Roosmalen's success at combing the Amazon for new monkey species has earned him international acclaim ..16-year prison sentence...for an auction to raise money to preserve their habitats...

A DEAF man was beaten up at Cardiff central bus station for smoking a cigarette. (Discrimination/Hate Crime)

The apparent protective effect of tobacco against the degenerative nerve disease has been observed for years but a University of California Los Angeles School of Public Health report said a new review of existing studies seems to confirm it...

In our rush to read all about the former BP head's private life, we have forgotten the key role privacy plays in forging trust and identity. Lord Browne wore a deathly smile as he left the BP offices. 'Are you ashamed of what you've done?' a reporter shou

In the past, tabloids outed gay people in order to shame them; now they out gay people to show there's nothing wrong with being gay. Whatever you think about certain individuals being ashamed of their sexuality, the new 'tolerant' outing can be as damagin

there is no longer enough money to fix all the problems like cancer and diabetes, toxic waste, and leaking landfills, rusty bridges, and outmoded wastewater treatment plants. This new world requires us to prevent problems, not merely manage them.

The institutional power arrangements that have set the terms of reference for the American political-economic system over roughly the last half century are dissolving before our eyes -- especially those that once constrained corporate economic and pol

The West County Toxics Coalition in North Richmond, California, has played a vital role in urbanizing the environmental struggle by connecting environmental violations to the inherent racism of toxic dumping in poor areas.