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What You Don't Know About Osteoporosis

Joseph Sciabbarrasi, M.D. | Posted 11.12.2009 | Living


Joseph Sciabbarrasi, M.D.

This is the first of three articles on what helps keep bones healthy and strong -- and what does not. We will be covering both prevention of and treatment for osteoporosis for women as well as men.

Tobacco Company Reynolds In Talks To Buy Company For Quitters

AP | MICHAEL FELBERBAUM | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business


RICHMOND, Va. — Reynolds American Inc., maker of Camel cigarettes and Grizzly smokeless tobacco, is in talks to buy a Swedish company that helps...

Mr. President: I Challenge You To Quit!

Sadie Nardini | Posted 11.06.2009 | Living


Sadie Nardini

Mr. President, I'm sure your stress levels are unbelievable. Yet, if you want to help create change we can believe in, then you must stop bumming cigarettes. I know you've done it, and may do it again.

Best Places For Smokers Traveling Abroad: A Top-10 List

LA Times | Mark Milian | Posted 11.01.2009 | World


With so many places around the world instituting smoking regulations, increasing taxes and, quite literally, kicking smokers to the curb, it's getting...

Cigarette-Crushing Computer Game Helps Smokers Quit, Study Shows

technologyreview.com | Posted 10.30.2009 | Technology


Smokers who regularly play a computer game that involves crushing virtual cigarettes could have a better chance of kicking the habit. At least, that's...

Chile Anti-Smoking Laws Fail To Kick The Habit

Posted 10.13.2009 | World


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Take a Cigarette Breath

Erica Heinz | Posted 09.29.2009 | Living


Erica Heinz

Let's not neglect the little health routine that you've learned from smoking. The pattern is a long, slow inhale through pursed lips, and a long, deep exhale with a relaxed open mouth.

Recession May Improve Health

reuters.com | Amy Norton | Posted 09.29.2009 | Business


Researchers from the University of Michigan found U.S. life expectancy increased by 6 years between 1929 and 1932, from 57 to 63, with the increase oc...

Smoking: Messages On Cigarette Packs May Be Counterproductive

Mother Jones | Tom Jacobs | Posted 09.28.2009 | Living


In June, President Obama signed a law requiring tobacco companies to post large, graphic warnings on cigarette packs. However, new research suggests t...

Cloves Banned: FDA Bans Fruit, Candy-Flavored Cigarettes

AP | MICHAEL FELBERBAUM | Posted 09.22.2009 | Politics


RICHMOND, Va. — The new federal ban on flavored cigarettes took effect on Tuesday, marking one of the first visible signs of the Food and Drug A...

Heart Attack Rates Fall 17% After Smoking Bans Enacted: Analyses

USA Today | Liz Szabo | Posted 09.21.2009 | Living


Two separate analyses released Monday each found that heart attack rates fall 17% within a year after smoking bans take effect. One analysis, which in...

Seven Ways To Be Happy in a Smoking Country

Michael Melcher | Posted 09.17.2009 | Living


Michael Melcher

I didn't fly to Spain to mainline other people's nicotine, but on the other hand I didn't fly to Spain to be crabby and obsessive. What to do?

Let's Ban Smoking Outside Too!

Carolita Johnson | Posted 09.15.2009 | Comedy


Carolita Johnson

I'm all for any kind of smoking ban, anywhere, anytime. Even my smoking friends complain about walking in the wake of someone's smoke outside. That's telling, isn't it?

NYC Parks To Ban Smoking?

AP | SARA KUGLER | Posted 11.14.2009 | New York


NEW YORK — New York City's famous parks may be going smoke-free. The city's health commissioner says the next goal in Mayor Michael Bloomberg's...

Obama's Retirement Plan Needs More Nerve

Eric Schurenberg | Posted 11.10.2009 | Business


Eric Schurenberg

The president announced a handful of new initiatives designed to make it easier for American workers to save more for retirement, that makes use of behavioral economics.

How to Quit Smoking (Meddling Hispanic Style)

Daniel Cubias | Posted 09.29.2009 | Home


Daniel Cubias

My family told my grandmother smokers were taking a grave risk, analogous to stealing a car in broad daylight.

Free and The Search for Economic Innovation

Don McNay | Posted 09.13.2009 | Business


Don McNay

As we look at life after the financial crisis, we need to turn traditional thinking on its head. Picking up a copy of Chris Anderson's Free is a good place to start.

Sao Paulo, Brazil, Bans Public Smoking

Global Post | Posted 09.07.2009 | World


By Seth Kugel SAO PAULO, Brazil -- As part of a campaign to promote the state of Sao Paulo's wide-reaching new "anti-smoking" regulations, an ad ru...

How Bad Are Your Health Vices, Really?

prevention.com | Daryl Chen | Posted 08.30.2009 | Living


Can you ever reverse the damage of a past smoking habit or the savage tans you sported into your 30s? Here, what's forgivable, what's regrettable, and...

Small Good News: Bringing Big Tobacco To Its Battery-Powered Knees

Karen Stabiner | Posted 08.27.2009 | Living


Karen Stabiner

In the name of transparency, yes, my late father lit one cigarette off the end of another from the time he was twelve until nine months before he...

Big Tobacco Sets Its Sights On Africa

TIME | JEFFREY KLUGER | Posted 08.25.2009 | World


It's easy enough to buy a smoke at Isa Yakubu's grocery store on a busy street in Lagos, Nigeria. Never mind if you don't have much money. Most local ...

Putting Prevention into Practice in Health Care Reform

Susan Blumenthal, M.D. | Posted 07.31.2009 | Living


Susan Blumenthal, M.D.

Today, preventable risk factors including smoking, poor diet, lack of physical activity, and alcohol use account for approximately 38% of all deaths in the United States.

ReThinking Thank You for Smoking: Tobacco's Last Action Hero?

Jonathan Kim | Posted 09.25.2009 | Entertainment


Jonathan Kim

The Obama administration just passed the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. So Will the Nick Naylors of the world soon become extinct? Not by a long shot.

Pentagon Won't Ban Tobacco Products In War Zones

AP | PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Smoke 'em if you got 'em. The Pentagon reassured troops Wednesday that it won't ban tobacco products in war zones. Defense official...

Dying To Quit: F.D.A. Warns About Stop-Smoking Drugs Chantix and Zyban

nytimes.com | GARDINER HARRIS and DUFF WILSON | Posted 08.02.2009 | Living


Federal drug regulators warned Wednesday that patients taking two popular drugs to stop smoking should be watched closely for signs of serious mental ...