Warning labels on cigarette packs help former smokers to avoid lighting up again, Canadian and international researchers say.

A group of Quebec smokers is squaring off with Canada's three largest cigarette companies in a landmark class action worth up to $27 billion.

Manitobans will pay more for gas, cigarettes and spa treatments as the NDP government struggles to slay a $1-billion deficit by hiking taxes and user fees.

Three girls are recovering from burns following a propane explosion — and, according to the RCMP, it happened after one of them lit a cigarette while they were inhaling the flammable gas.

Four members of the Godmanchester volunteer fire department, including the chief, were among 20 people arrested in a series of raids in Quebec cracking down on illegal cigarette operations.