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Smoking tobacco is so harmful to the body that it changes a person's immune system, leaving them vulnerable to more disease and infection even years after they've quit, a new study found.Video above: ...

Traveling smoke from Canada's wildfires created an orange-tinged smog that shrouded New York City on Wednesday, obscuring its famous skyscrapers and causing residents to don face masks, as cities ...

Photographers and creators looking for an easy way to create smoke effects in the videos or photographs may be interested in a small pocket sized smoke machine aptly named the SmokeGENIE. Designed to ...

Credit: Getty Images Wildfire smoke health effects, including cardiovascular disease, are in need of further study as climate change intensifies. Consistent evidence supports a link between exposure ...

The Los Angeles wildfires have caused devastating losses of homes and lives — and survivors may also face hidden, although still potentially very dangerous, health effects. Wildfire smoke contains a ...

As multiple wildfires blaze throughout Los Angeles County, more than 180,000 people have been displaced as smoke worsens the air quality in the area. Hundreds of thousands are also without power, and ...

Residents living near where a wildland fire is burning or those in the vicinity of the smoke are told to stay indoors or leave the area altogether because of the contaminants the smoke is known to ...