The CVS pharmacy chain announced that it will stop selling tocbacco products effective October. The CVS pharmacy chain announced that it will…
Giving Smokers a Pass on Health Premiums
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The Affordable Care Act lets the new health insurance exchanges charge smokers 50% higher premiums. The policy is justified by the fact…
Among adults without diabetes, quitting smoking, compared with continuing smoking, was associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular disease despite subsequent weight…
No other cause of illness or death is more important than smoking. This is the clear message of two new…
We all know that smoking is bad for our health. But how bad is bad? The answer is very bad….
I hate cigarette smoke and have also been sympathetic to health plans that want to exclude smokers or charge them much higher…
Smoking penalty: Individual health care coverage could become unaffordable for many people is the headline of an Associated Press editorial masquerading as…
Happy 2013! While our nation’s leaders play political chess, millions of Americans await the final tally on budget cuts to health and…
We all know the health effects smoking causes. We’re familiar with the various ways people use to quit – some working better…