If you smoke, you're probably aware of a stark reality: Cigarettes are the lead cause of preventable disease, disability and death, killing more than 480,000 people every year. At the same time, an estimated one-third of ...
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Sarah Kowitt, Ph.D., MPH, Adam Goldstein, MD, MPH, and Samuel Cykert, MD recently published the study "A Heart-Healthy Intervention Improved Tobacco Screening Rates and Cessation Support in Primary Care Practices" in the ...
Apr 11, 2022
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You've heard about the dangers of secondhand cigarette smoke, but what about secondhand bong smoke?
Mar 31, 2022
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Dogs and cats may be exposed in their homes to a potentially toxic group of chemicals, with their discovery in the pets' stool being a sign of health issues for humans living with them, a new study shows.
Mar 31, 2022
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The first year of the COVID-19 pandemic saw more Americans drinking heavily or using illicit drugs—but apparently not smoking.
Mar 17, 2022
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The first global analysis of its kind estimates that if every country's cigarette taxes had met the World Health Organization's recommendations, around 182,000 newborn deaths could have been averted in 2018.
Mar 16, 2022
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Diabetes has become the leading metabolic disease threatening human health. Meanwhile, the association between exposure to harmful environmental factors and the occurrence of diabetes has always been a hot spot of public ...
Feb 21, 2022
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One in every nine people in Australia has asthma. It is a health burden for many children, and expensive for families because of medication, hospital and out-of-hospital expenses.
Feb 18, 2022
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Every day we are exposed to things like pollution and ultraviolet light which increase our risk of illness. Many people take on additional risks—due to tobacco smoke, fast food or alcohol, for example.
Feb 11, 2022
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Despite public health advances, tobacco use remains one of the most common, preventable and costly health problems in the United States and worldwide. In the U.S., more deaths—an estimated 480,000 each year—are attributable ...
Feb 8, 2022
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