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Since the first Surgeon General warning in 1964 about smoking, the popularity of smoking has dropped. Unfortunately, 34.3 million adults and 1.18 million high school ...
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FDA Plans To Cut Nicotine In Cigarettes, Helping Smokers Kick Habit
Cigarettes would contain less addictive nicotine — making them less attractive to smokers — under an “unprecedented” plan the Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday. ...
Read More »High school seniors more likely to smoke pot than cigarettes
For the first time, more U.S. high school seniors are smoking pot than tobacco, a new survey shows. Daily marijuana use remained relatively stable at 6 ...
Read More »Hookahs No Safer Than Cigarettes
Contrary to what many people think, hookah water pipes do not filter out most of the heavy metals in tobacco, a new study warns. Tobacco ...
Read More »Cigarettes Cause One-Third of U.S. Cancer Deaths: Report
TUESDAY, Dec. 9, 2014 (HealthDay News) — Despite large declines in smoking rates, cigarettes still cause about one-third of cancer deaths in the United States, ...
Read More »U.S. Adult Smoking Rate Drops to New Low: CDC
By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Nov. 26, 2014 (HealthDay News) — Fewer American adults are smoking cigarettes than ever, health officials said. In fact, the ...
Read More »Secondhand Pot Smoke Can Give Your Heart an Unwelcome Buzz
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter (HealthDay News) — That whiff of pot that drifts your way at a rock concert or outdoor event could damage your ...
Read More »Smokers in Cars Pose Risk to Passengers: Study
FRIDAY, Nov. 14, 2014 (HealthDay News) — New research suggests that non-smoking people who sit in cars with smokers inhale some of the same cancer-causing ...
Read More »More Than One-Fifth of High School Students Smoke: CDC
THURSDAY, Nov. 13, 2014 (HealthDay News) — More than a fifth of American teens smoke or use tobacco in some way, which means that millions ...
Read More »CVS: Patients Filling Prescriptions Were Also Buying Cigarettes
Patients using medicine to treat high blood pressure, asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) were likely to buy cigarettes while filling prescriptions at pharmacies, according ...
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