Tag: smoking

Health Insurance Unaffordable for Smokers?

Smoking penalty: Individual health care coverage could become unaffordable for many people…

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One Resolution You Should Keep

Happy 2013!While our nation’s leaders play political chess, millions of Americans await…

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Text Messages Now Help People Kick the Smoking Habit

We all know the health effects smoking causes. We’re familiar with the…

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Tobacco Taxes: A Win-Win for the Asia Pacific Region

This is a joint post with Kate McQueston. This is a joint…

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Smoking and Sudden Cardiac Death: The Time to Quit is NOW!

Tobacco was once the cash crop of the south.  I grew up…

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Southern US Starts to Shun Smoking

If you ever feel like being pessimistic about public health, at least…

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TEXTING, NOT SMOKING

Few of our patients at Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center smoke tobacco,…

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Big Tobacco is Still Targeting Our Kids

       Despite the demise of Joe Camel, Big Tobacco is still targeting…

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How the Cleveland Clinic Controls Health Care Costs

Of its own employees, that is: Of its own employees, that is:…

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Life Expectancy Paradox Explained by Smoking

People with greater income or formal education tend to live longer and…

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