Smoking News

If our governor read the warnings from his commissioner of public health about the dangers from smoking and second-hand smoke to us citizens, the tax on cigarettes not only would be raised significantly more but smoking be would banned as a threat to public health.

You've heard all the campaigns and statistics: Smoking Kills. It's the leading cause of preventable death in the U.S. And it's expensive.

Active smoking and secondhand smoke increase breast cancer risk: the report of the Canadian Expert Panel on Tobacco Smoke and Breast Cancer Risk Four authoritative reviews of active smoking and breast cancer have been published since 2000, but only one considered data after 2002 and conclusions varied.

About one in five parents think they have little control over whether their teens take up smoking, drinking or illicit drug use, a new U.S. government survey finds.

Brunei Darussalam is experiencing a growing trend in the number of smokers who are "vaping" with their illegal electronic cigarettes, commonly known as 'e-vap' or 'e-cig', that utilise liquid bases such as propylene glycol or vegetable glycerine mixed with small amounts of nicotine, as well as food-grade flavouring.

Democratic Sen. Ellen Corbett of Hayward says some of the vapors emitted by the e-cigarettes may pose health risks.

Knightdale mayor Russell Killen speaks against House Bill 150 at a Wake County Mayors Association press conference in March.

Montrealers participated in a march for the legalization of marijuana, Saturday, May 4, 2013, in Montreal.

THE sale of tobacco products will be banned in health-care facilities and pharmacies, including drugstores and large retail outlets such as Safeway and Superstore, as of May 31 on World No Tobacco Day.

Samantha Mixon looks and feels great, but she is fighting stage four lung cancer and all the assumptions that people make about her disease.

HE fought the smoking ban and reputedly fell out with Michael Winner, but now legendary landlord Gerry Stonhill has retired.

Smokers are welcome in fewer outdoor places as bans against lighting up in parks and recreational areas are adopted with increasing frequency in the region.

City Council approved a bill yesterday that would require minors to be accompanied by adults at the salons and ban those younger than 14 from indoor tanning unless they have a doctor's note.

Nova Scotia students in four selected grades who attend junior and senior high schools were more likely to try alcohol over drugs last year, a new survey says.

The Alaska Housing Finance Corp. announced this week that 660 of the 1,628 units they own and manage statewide will no longer allow smoking inside as of Aug.

Her name is Terrie Hall, a former smoker who's known for appearing in anti-smoking TV ads.

LITTLE FERRY - Little Ferry may soon join a growing number of towns that have banned smoking in its public parks.

During a busy day in the office, have you ever stopped to ask yourself which of the myriad of services we provide are the most effective in improving our patients' health? Perhaps it is when we screen for cholesterol, perform a Pap smear, or recommend a mammogram.

Recently, Angelina Jolie revealed that she "decided to be proactive" and underwent a preventive double mastectomy upon discovering she had the gene that would most likely cause her to develop breast cancer.

May is Asthma Awareness Month. More than 350,000 Americans die each year of lung disease, and thousands of people in the Big Bend area alone have been diagnosed.