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Pennsylvania prisons to ban all tobacco products
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Driven by vaping, youth tobacco use surged in 2018
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Tobacco treatment is not intended to be harm reduction. It is treatment
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Addiction

Philly bans tobacco use at addiction treatment programs
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Smoking rates in U.S. have fallen to all-time low, but how did they ever get so high?
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Vaping, e-cigarettes can mutate users’ DNA, cause cancer, new research says
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Philly effort to ban flavored tobacco dies with state budget
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Health Stories

Bubble pop? Brownie batter? Vapes’ added flavors fuel e-cig debate
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Juul: Why a trendy e-cig is causing a social – and public health – commotion
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Smoking

FDA moves to cut nicotine in cigarettes to help smokers kick habit
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Smoking

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

Studies

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Politics

Trenton raises age to buy tobacco products

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Pennsylvania flunks annual tobacco reduction progress report

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Addiction

Study: Cold turkey is the best way to quit smoking

Health News

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