Cigarettes

Ultra Processed Foods

Foods high in added fats and refined carbs are like cigarettes – addictive and unhealthy

Smokers who quit before age 45 nearly eliminate risk of dying from lung cancer

Quit Smoking Cancer Risk

N.J.'s temporary ban on smoking in casinos expires on Sunday

New Jersey casinos smoking ban

Wildwood Crest bans smoking on the beach, imposes restrictions on marijuana use

Wildwood Crest beach smoking

FDA looks to ban menthol cigarettes in order to curb smoking

The COVID-19 pandemic has made it tougher to quit smoking

Smoking during pandemic

Vaping marijuana may be worse for teens than using e-cigarettes or smoking

Vaping marijuana

Youth vaping threatens to wipe out gains in cigarette use, health experts warn

Wawa to begin selling Nicorette products for smoking cessation

Wawa Nicorette

People with substance use disorder need action plans to mitigate COVID-19 risk, addiction experts say

COVID-19 Addiction

Vaping increases COVID-19 risk among teens, young adults, Stanford study finds

Vaping COVID-19

Smokers should begin cessation drugs, then decide when to quit

Smoking cessation guidelines

Smoking doubles young adults' risk of severe coronavirus complications

Smoking COVID-19 risk

One way to reduce smoking: Mandate standardized packaging, higher taxes

Cigarette packaging

New lung cancer screening guidelines would benefit women, Black people

New lung cancer screening guidelines

More stringent regulations are reducing tobacco retailers in Philly, study finds

Tobacco retailers Philly

Quit smoking at least 4 weeks before surgery, WHO advises

Quit smoking before surgery

U-Haul adopts policy to stop hiring smokers, e-cigarette users in 21 states

U-Haul truck lineup

Ten defining health care achievements of the 2010s, from artificial intelligence to immunotherapy

Affordable Care Act Obama 2010s

FDA greenlights sale of cigarettes with 95% less nicotine

FDA approves sale of reduced nicotine cigarettes

Congress considers restricting tobacco sales to anyone under age 21

New US smoking age limit

As e-cigarette popularity surges, 6.2 million American youth are using tobacco products

Teen Smoking 2019

New Pennsylvania law boosts minimum age to buy tobacco, e-cigarettes

Tobacco age 21 pennsylvania

Cigarette smoking at lowest level in 55 years, but more adults are vaping

Cigarette smoking declining among American adults

Smoking linked to increased risk of depression, schizophrenia

Smoking linked to increased risk of depression, schizophrenia

Flavor bans multiply, but menthol continues to divide

Menthol Cigarettes

Diabetes drug found to reduce symptoms of nicotine withdrawal

Will Pennsylvania be the next state to raise the smoking age to 21?

Potential carcinogen in menthol e-cigarettes exceeds safety levels, study finds

Vaping pulegone carcinogen cancer

A sixth person has died of a vaping-related lung illness

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Tobacco sales to minors in Philly skyrocketed in 2018, health department says

Cigarettes Philly minors

The test that could save the life of a long-time smoker you know

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FDA proposes larger, visual health warnings for cigarette packs, advertisements

fda cigarette warning

Proximity to green space can curb cravings for alcohol, cigarettes, junk food, study says

Carroll - Walking in Rittenhouse Square

Tons of Americans — smokers included — are in favor of reducing nicotine levels in cigarettes

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Plan for these common withdrawal symptoms when you quit smoking

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To combat teen vaping, Nebraska school district testing students for nicotine

Walmart will no longer sell tobacco to people under age 21

Pennsylvania prisons to ban all tobacco products

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Children's Health

Driven by vaping, youth tobacco use surged in 2018

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Smoking ban at New Jersey beaches and parks takes effect this month

New Jersey beach

Philly bans tobacco use at addiction treatment programs

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Children's Health

Teen vaping surged within the last year, survey says

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