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Chantix Quit Smoking 06202019

Plan for these common withdrawal symptoms when you quit smoking

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

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Walmart will no longer sell tobacco to people under age 21

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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

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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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FDA moves to ban menthol cigarettes, flavored cigars

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FDA demands Juul, other e-cig makers address youth vaping epidemic

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Teenagers' brains make them more prone to addiction

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Reduced nicotine cigarettes lower smoking rates, Penn study finds

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Children's Health

Vaping, hookah may lead to marijuana use among teenagers, study finds

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Fewer U.S. adults are smoking cigarettes

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Temple researchers find success in minimally invasive treatment for emphysema

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Bill to ban smoking on Jersey Shore

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Study: Unexpected medication could help smokers fight nicotine withdrawal symptoms

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Raising cigarette prices may cause drastic change in older smokers' behaviors

The smoking age in New Jersey will soon be 21 years old

Wildwoods weighing smoking ban, big fines at Jersey Shore

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City controller: Cigarette tax revenue to fall millions below initial projection

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Enough sugar-coating of the facts

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N.J. state senators to vote Thursday on bill banning smoking at beaches, state parks

Bill would ban smoking at Jersey Shore beaches

Watch: Two brazen thefts of cigarette cartons from Upper Darby Wawa

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Study: Cold turkey is the best way to quit smoking

WATCH: Suspects sought in smash-and-grab burglary spree in Northeast Philly

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Christie opts not to raise New Jersey's smoking age to 21

Research: Hookah session delivers 25 times the tar of a single cigarette

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Pa. bill would raise age for buying smokes from 18 to 21

Mayor Nutter backs bill to ban cigarette sales in drug stores

Report: Smoking rates in Philly drop to lowest ever

Study: Smokers more likely to suffer from anxiety, depression

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