Rep. Donald Payne Jr. (D-N.J.) this week railed against GOP lawmakers’ “self-serving move” and “life-threatening decision” to allow indoor smoking in the newly Republican-controlled House.

When Nancy Pelosi became speaker of the House in 2007, she banned smoking in most of the House spaces in the Capitol, but members were still allowed to smoke inside their individual offices. And as ...

Yet the Republican-led House of Representatives has voted to once again allow smoking in the U.S. Capitol. Why would they do that? I understand that it is difficult to stop puffing away.

Under Mr McCarthy’s leadership, the House remains one of a select few office buildings in the country that still allows smoking. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC ...

A bill to legalize cigar smoking in designated Montana barrooms has failed a third reading in the state House. Similar legislation is introduced most years, although polls show it is unpopular ...

Starting on October 22, the Federal Aviation Administration eliminated the rule that required an off switch for the "No smoking" sign, even though smoking on U.S. flights officially ended decades ago.

“Those no smoking signs should be always, always, always on there,” she said. “People still try to smoke on the airplane.” Niraj Chokshi writes about aviation, rail and other ...