LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The urge to smoke is contagious, but quitting apparently is, too. A team of researchers who showed that obesity can spread person-to-person has found a similar pattern with smoking ...

Turns out, I'm not the lone nonsmoker in a group of smoking pals. Chad Boyles, 23, of Costa Mesa said the majority of his friends smoke, too. "Sometimes, I do feel left out when everyone goes outside ...