Smoker or not, you probably heard that the price of a pack of cigarettes went up sharply this past summer in the State of Minnesota. An increase of $1.60 brought the state's Tobacco Tax from $1.23 o $2.83 per pack.
The number of cigarette smokers in the United States dropped 33% from 2000 to 2011. At the same time, there's been an increase of tobacco pipe and cigar smokers - 123% in the same time period. In addition, so-called pipe tobacco use has grown 482%...
A weak economy. Trouble in the Middle East. Rising gas prices. In some ways, 2012 is just like the early 1990's. Need one more item to add to that list of comparisons? Public health officials say that soda manufacturers - just like their cigarette-making cousins in the 1990's - are employing marketing tactics to sway public opinions on their products.
Ping pong has made a comeback in the past half decade or so with a bunch of table tennis ‘bars’ popping up around the country. But who said this is a young man’s sport?
Although doctors typically gauge a smoker’s willingness to quit before offering help in doing so, new research indicates that help should be offered to all smokers.
While surveys consistently show that more than 3 out of 4 smokers would like to quit, only about 10 percent of those who try each year are successful.
Fortunately, new studies show one way to raise those numbers is to treat smoking as a chronic disease — like high blood pressure — for which long-term treatment is offered.
Two steps forward and three steps back? A new study shows that every hour of television watched by persons over the age of 25 shortens their life by 22 minutes.
Smokers are going to need a strong stomach if they want to continue their habit.
That’s because starting in September of 2012 new FDA requirements will mandate that half of the area on every pack of cigarettes be covered by a graphic anti-smoking warning label.