An Oregon Democrat's doomed plan to require prescriptions for cigarettes
Posted on January 25, 2013, at 3:40 PMMitch Greenlick wants to put cigarettes in the same category as LSD and steroids
Do cigarettes rot your brain?
Posted on November 26, 2012, at 11:00 AMNeed another reason to quit? An alarming new British study links smoking to mental diseases like dementia
The San Francisco suburb with the country's toughest smoking ban
Posted on October 17, 2012, at 2:24 PMFirst restaurants, then bars... now private homes? A California township ups the anti-smoking ante
The skyrocketing popularity of e-cigarettes: A guide
Posted on August 20, 2012, at 1:04 PMSmokeless tobacco is booming, thanks to a widespread belief that newly affordable e-cigarettes are actually better for you — but not all doctors agree
Coming soon: A vaccine to help smokers quit?
Posted on June 29, 2012, at 7:59 AMA new method effectively nixes the high smokers experience after puffing on a cigarette — by attacking nicotine with the body's own antibodies
The future of Big Tobacco: Tobacco-free products?
Posted on May 23, 2012, at 2:40 PMWith strict new FDA warnings and more smokers kicking the habit, many cigarette makers are seeing their old business models go up in smoke
The CDC's shocking new anti-smoking campaign: Will it work?
Posted on March 16, 2012, at 11:45 AMThe best way to scare smokers into quitting? Ask former smokers to demonstrate how ruthlessly tobacco destroyed their bodies
America's teen smoking 'epidemic': By the numbers
Posted on March 9, 2012, at 1:23 PMRoughly 1 in 4 high school seniors smoke cigarettes, according to an unsettling new federal report
Are nicotine patches a waste of money?
Posted on January 11, 2012, at 7:15 AMA new real-world study takes a look at nicotine replacement products like gum and the patch, and finds they might not be much help to smokers hoping to quit
Should smokers and obese workers pay more for health care?
Posted on November 1, 2011, at 10:05 AMCompanies have long tried to get workers to quit smoking and start exercising. Now employers are aiming where it hurts: The paycheck
America's blue-collar smoking trend: By the numbers
Posted on October 4, 2011, at 6:20 AMAfter years of interviewing Americans, the CDC finds that the nation's smokers are most likely to be young, poor, white — and working blue-collar jobs
Are the new graphic cigarette warning labels unconstitutional?
Posted on August 18, 2011, at 12:30 PMFive major U.S. tobacco companies say yes, arguing that they shouldn't be forced to scare consumers away from their own products
The 'surprising' link between secondhand smoke and hearing loss
Posted on July 20, 2011, at 1:07 PMKids exposed to secondhand smoke have a higher risk of cancer, heart disease and, according a new study, hearing loss
Quit smoking by... texting?
Posted on July 1, 2011, at 1:55 PMMotivational messages sent to smokers' cell phones — "like a little electronic Jiminy Cricket" — could help them end their unhealthy habit for good
The FDA's 'gruesome' new cigarette warning labels
Posted on June 21, 2011, at 3:55 PMNine new images will appear on cigarette packaging in an effort to convince smokers to quit. Are the pictures too gory — or not gory enough?
Nicotine: A cure for obesity?
Posted on June 14, 2011, at 6:30 AMA new study suggests it is possible to get the appetite-suppressing benefits of smoking without the cigarette... or the health risks
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