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U.S. NEWS
Seeking A Quiet Place In A Nation Of Noise
By Stateline, Editorial Partner
Noise is “the new secondhand smoke” — both annoying and harmful to your health. As Europe quiets down, U.S. cities and states
A pack of Philip Morris Marlboro brand cigarettes is arranged for a photograph in Tiskilwa, Illinois, U.S., on Wednesday, July 12, 2017. Philip Morris International Inc. is scheduled to release earnings figures on July 20. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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BUSINESS
Philip Morris Says It's 'Trying To Give Up Cigarettes' In 2018
By Rebecca Shapiro
The tobacco company is pushing e-cigarettes instead, in what anti-smoking advocates are calling a "P.R. stunt."
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CRIME
Alleged Airplane Smoker Threatens To 'Kill Everybody On This F**king Plane'
By Ed Mazza
The passenger claimed she needed to smoke for "the anxiety."
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HEALTHY LIVING
How Do We Explain Unexplained Infertility?
By Janet Choi, MD, Contributor
Janet M. Choi, M.D., is a board-certified reproductive endocri...
“Unexplained infertility.” It’s a maddening diagnosis. Infertility is defined as 12 months or more of natural conception
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HEALTHY LIVING
Big Tobacco Is Still In The Business Of Deceiving Americans
By Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Contributor
U.S. Senator from Connecticut
A new anti-smoking campaign is the result of a major lawsuit win, but it also shows how much power the tobacco companies still have.
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BLACK VOICES
African-Americans Can Smoke Out Lung Cancer
By Cecelia Brewington, MD, Contributor
Radiologist, Radiology Administrator and Professor of Radiology
Don’t Die From Lung Cancer. Get Screened And Stop Smoking. Lung cancer is the No. 1 cancer killer in African-Americans. Blacks
A man smokes a Japan Tobacco Inc. Mevius brand cigarette in an arranged photograph in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015. Japan Tobacco, the maker of Mevius, Winston and Camel cigarettes, is expected to announce its third quarter earnings on Feb. 5. Photographer: Yuriko Nakao/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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WORLD NEWS
Company Gives Nonsmokers 6 Days Off For Forgoing Smoking Breaks
By Nina Golgowski
The new perk is meant to compensate nonsmokers at the Japanese company for the time others spend taking the breaks.
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HEALTHY LIVING
We All Have To Die Of Something, So Why Bother Being Healthy?
By Alessandro Demaio, Contributor
Medical Doctor in Global Health, Harvard Fellow 2013-2015, Soc...
It’s 6:45 on a cold and rainy Tuesday morning. The alarm blares. As you begin to wake and wonder how it could possibly be
A photo of an overweight man sitting on an old couch with a very large unhealthy meal on his lap and a pint of beer in his hand. Obesity is a major cause of diabetes.
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HEALTHY LIVING
U.S. Hits Record High Obesity Rates
By Susan Blumenthal, M.D., Contributor
Former U.S. Assistant Surgeon General
By Susan Blumenthal, M.D. and Rachel Gardner, B.A. Obesity rates in the United States are at an all-time high. In 2015-2016
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HEALTHY LIVING
Vaping Instead Of Smoking Could Prevent Millions Of Premature Deaths
By Dan Robitzski, LiveScience
E-cigarettes are still addictive, but they're not as harmful as tobacco cigarettes.
HEALTHY LIVING
Taking Steps To Avoid Heart Attacks May Protect You From Dementia, Too
By Mount Sinai Health System, Contributor
Mount Sinai Health System
Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD Physician-in-Chief, The Mount Sinai Hospital Director of Mount Sinai Heart We all know someone—a
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HEALTHY LIVING
Why Are We Questioning Opiate Replacement Medications And Naltrexone For Opioid Dependence?
By Jeffrey Foote and Carrie Wilkens, Contributors
You wouldn't question someone using Nicorette to quit smoking.
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HEALTHY LIVING
Cigarettes Could Become Less Addictive Thanks To The FDA
By Erin Schumaker
Reducing nicotine in cigarettes could be a public health win -- depending on how the reduction is implemented.
AUGUSTA, ME - JUNE 30: During a press conference at the State House on Friday, Gov. Paul LePage said he would not sign any budget that comes out of the legislature today and he will wait the full ten days before vetoing it. If a budget is not passed by midnight, the state will enter into a partial shutdown. (Staff Photo by Gregory Rec/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images)
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POLITICS
Maine Gov. Paul LePage Threatens To Raise State Voting Age To 21
By Sam Levine
"If 18-year-olds are too young and can’t make the right decision to buy cigarettes, then I don’t think they should be able to vote."
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HEALTHY LIVING
Heart Disease Risk In Middle Age Tied To Dementia Later
By Lisa Rapaport, Reuters
Healthy blood vessels in middle age may help protect against cognitive decline.
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HEALTHY LIVING
Lung Cancer: Saved By The Scan
By Harold Wimmer, Contributor
National President and CEO, American Lung Association
Fifteen years ago, the trajectory of lung cancer—the No. 1 cancer killer of both women and men—changed forever. The year
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