tobacco
Bannin💜g some Gen Zers from buying cigarettes coul🔴d prevent 1.2M lung cancer deaths: study
October 2, 2024 | 6:30pm"Not only could this save huꦆge numbers of lives, it could massivel🗹y reduce the strain on health systems of treating and caring for people in ill health as a result...
I'm a doctor — here are 9 simple ways to reduce your risk of dementia
September 12, 2024 | 6:00am"Dem🌸entia sucks," Dr. Jake Goodman, a psychiatry resident physician in Miam🦄i, declared in a TikTok last month.
Stop & Shop to stop selling tobacco this week, joinin꧟g large retailers in cutting off smokes
August 27, 2024 | 1:30pm“Our♏ responsibility aไs a grocer goes far beyond our aisles, and we are committed to taking bold steps to help our associates, customers, and communities work towards better health outcomes.”
Male cancer cases, deaths projected to surge in 2050 — here's who's most at risk
August 12, 2024 | 3:05amResearchers analyzed 30 cancer types and population data from 185 countries and territories💯🎃 to estimate cancer incidence and deaths among men in 2050.
Ozempic could also help you quit smoking — here's how
July 29, 2024 | 5:00pmOzempic can flatten butts and maybe extinguis🥃h 🅰them, too!
NYC Council looks to outlaw vaping devices disguised as school supplies: 'Crafted to deceive'
July 20, 2024 | 11:38amWe will support school safety agents in their efforts to keep🐻 harmful substances out of our schools and create a safer environment♊ for our children," Kamillah Hanks said.
Philip💦 Morris to open $600M plant in Colorado to meet surging demand for Zyn nicotine pouches
July 16, 2024 | 4:39pmThe nicotin𒈔e pouches have spiked in popularity among young adults and teens.
40% of cancer c🌸ases are preventable, linked to bad habits — here are the major culprits
July 11, 2024 | 10:05amWell, this is a drag.
K💛ids who do this for an hour a day are 4 times more likely to vape
May 17, 2024 | 10:16amThis latest study on social media i🥂sn't blowing smoke.
Biden admin scraps menthol ban for fear of alienating black voters critical to prez's re-election
April 26, 2024 | 2:24pmThe Biden administrat♑ion has abandoned its acknowledging that heavy pushback from black Americans seen as a critical voting bloc for the president’s 2024 re-election effort influenced the decision.
𝔍 Ex-SC teacher accused of giving drugs to teen student in front of her two kids who ratted ꦬher out: cops
April 15, 2024 | 8:17pmClayton is facing two coun🀅ts of unlawful conduct toward a child and one count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
Migraines an 'important' warning sign for strokes in young adults: new research
March 26, 2024 | 7:37pm"These findings are significant because most of our attentio𝔍n has been focused on traditional risk factors" for strokes, said the study's lead author.
NYC lobbyists racked up nearly $131 million la☂st year promoting casinos, soccer stadium, real estate
March 3, 2024 | 6:31pmThe push to open 🅠casinos in New York City has generated a windfall for New York lobbyists, who've been hired by gaming interests to woo support from Mayor Eric Adams...
These hidden carcinogens may be increasing your risk of cancer without you even realizing -- here's what you should do
January 17, 2024 | 10:35am"These hidden carcinogens are ubiquitous but often avoidable if people are aware of their inherent dan🌟gers," Oertle said.
6 traits you can thank🍌 Neanderthals for — from bad habits to bedtimes
January 7, 2024 | 4:13pm"Neanderthal DNA represents only a small percentage of the modern human genome, and these influences are just one piece of the genetic puzzle that ma💜kes each person unique," one genetic...
Cigarette maker BAT warns US brands have no lꦅong-term future, plans $31.5B wr🎃itedown
December 6, 2023 | 2:11pm♏ The writedown marks the first time a majo🌸r global tobacco firm has written off the value of its traditional cigarettes business in a major market like the US.
Santos' shame and more: Letters to the Editor — Nov. 19, 2023
November 18, 2023 | 9:28amSantos’ shame I hope that Rep. George Santos i♐s telling the truth when he says that he won’t run for re-election (“George Santos won’t seek re-election after ethics panel finds...
Burning money: Hochul paying New Yorkers $25 🌊to test market tobacco sale ban
October 7, 2023 | 12:48pmThe Hochul🦩 administration༒ is shelling out at least $150,000 in taxpayer money to survey New Yorkers about banning the sale of tobacco products -- but bizarrely isn’t asking them about...
How Big Tobacco created America's junk food diet and obesity epidemic
September 26, 2023 | 4:51pm🧸 Many addictive junk foods were created by the same companies that brought us addictive cigarettes.
Millions of nonsmokers have nicotine in their blood and don’t know it:ꦏ secondha🎃nd smoke study
September 21, 2023 | 10:41amSecondhand smoke poses a significant health risk, and millions of Americans are unknowingly exposed toꦐ tobacco smoke and e-cigare🙈tte vapors on a regular basis, a new study suggests.