Book on Sale Feb. 4, preorder here In 2020, in the thick of the pandemic, travel writer and Edmonds local Rick Steves found ...

They established a self-governing hippie commune called Freetown Christiania, which the Danish government permitted as a 'social experiment'. Witness History spoke to the photographer Mark Edwards ...

For example, marijuana legalization has re-elevated the conversation about secondhand smoke. California recently passed a law permitting "cannabis cafes" in which users can openly smoke marijuana.

INDIANAPOLIS — Three marijuana legalization bills have been introduced in the 2025 Indiana General Session. Republican leaders have made it clear it isn't a top priority, but voters have also made it ...

“A lot has changed and there’s a new breed of hippie-type people out there ... dining and the source of catered meals for the art world honchos that regularly decamp to Los Angeles for ...

One study found that some young people begin feeling the symptoms of nicotine addiction within a matter of days after starting to smoke. In 2022, roughly half of adult smokers tried to quit ...

The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday proposed curbing the level of nicotine in cigarettes to make the products less addictive in an ambitious effort to help more Americans quit smoking.

A new federally funded study examining the associations between cannabis use and other health-related behaviors finds that adults are more physically active on days they used marijuana—evidence ... to ...

Angelenos still bothered by the smell of smoke may be surprised to see that Air Quality Index numbers returned to “healthy” or “moderate” levels this week in L.A. County, but they shouldn ...

Los Angeles is already infamous for poor air quality. But the fires scorching the area now are sending up plumes of black smoke that pose threats to human health beyond that of standard wildfires.

Wildfire smoke contains a "complex mixture" of fine particles that can pose hazards after just short-term exposure, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Known as PM2.5 ...

Along with the wildfires, residents must deal with other hazards: smoke and ash. Smoke is made of tiny particles. Smoke particles 2.5 micrometers or smaller in size — known as PM2.5 — are particularly ...