Smoking Habits Rather Than Underlying Health Conditions Key To Young Adult Vulnerability To COVID

Why Are 1 In 3 Young Adults At Risk Of Severe COVID-19?  One Habit Might Be To Blame by Katie Camero.  Miami Herald.  July 14, 2020.

Why Are Fewer Women Than Men Dying From The Coronavirus?

Why Are Fewer Women Dying From The Coronavirus? by Katherine Harmon Courage.  Vox.  April 9, 2020.  

Study: More Harmful Incidents A Child Suffers, The More Likely Health Suffers Later

 US Health Officials Link Childhood Trauma To Adult Illness by Mike Stobbe.  AP.  November 5, 2019.

Smoking At All-Time Low; Benefits Not Shared Equally

Smoking Is At A Record Low In The U.S., But The Benefits Aren't Shared Equally by Karen Kaplan.  Los Angeles Times.  January 7, 2019. 

Dangerous Health Disparities Among The States

Warning Signs:  New US Health Study Reveals 'Dangerous Disparities' Among States.  Institute For Health Metrics And Evaluation/University of Washington.  April 10, 2018

Vaping Explosion

'I Can't Stop':  Schools Struggle With Vaping Explosion by Kate Zernike.  The New York Times.  April 2, 2018. 

Thirdhand Smoke Persists For Months In Walls, Furniture, Carpets In A Study Of A Casino

Thirdhand Smoke Lingers In Casino Month After Smoking Ban.  San Diego State University/Science Daily.  February 8, 2018. 

Who's Still Smoking?

Who's Still Smoking:  Report Highlights Population Still At Risk.  American Cancer Society/Science Daily.  January 31, 2017. 

Trying Just One Cigarette May Lead To Regular Smoking

One Cigarette 'May Lead To Habit For More than Two-Thirds of People' by Nicola Davis.  The Guardian.  January 10, 2017. 

Apples And Tomatoes: Can They Restore Lung Damage Caused by Smoking

Diet Rich In Apples, Tomatoes May Help Repair Lungs Of Ex-Smokers, Study Suggests By Brandon Howard.  Johns Hopkins Hub.  December 20, 2017.

Creating A "Second Truth" About Health Issues And More

Trump's Outrageous Lies Come Straight From Big Businesses' Playbook by Ari Rabin-Havt.  The Washington Post.  December 16, 2016.

California Raises Legal Smoking Age to 21

Gov. Brown Signs Major Tobacco Bills, Raises Legal Age To 21 by Lisa Aliferis.  KQED.  May 4, 2016. 

Less Than 3 Percent Of Americans Live A Healthy Life Style

Less Than 3 Percent Of Americans Live A Healthy Lifestyle by Robert Preidt.  HealthDay/Real clear Health. 

Class Disparity In Smoking; Smoking Becomes A Problem Of The Poor

U.S. Smoking Rate Declines, but Poor Remain At Higher Risk by Sabrina Tavernise.  The New York Times.  November 12, 2015. 

Smoking Set To Kill One In Three Young Men In China Unless Many Quit

Smoking Set To Kill One In Three Young Men In China.  The Lancet/Science Daily.  October 8, 2015. 

Better Targeting Of Genes Influencing Protein Production May Be The Result Of Large UK COPD Study

First UK Biobank Genetic Study Reveals New Links Between Lung Disease And Smoking Behavior.  Medical Xpress.  September 28, 2015. 

Extreme Old Smokers Found to Have Gene That Increase Cellular Maintenance And Repair

Secrets Of Longevity May Lie In Long-Lived Smokers, A 'Biologically Distinct' Group with Extraordinary Gene Variants by Ariana Eunjung Cha. 

Major Pharmaceutical Chain Quits U.S. Chamber Of Commerce Over A Global Lobbying Campaign Against Antismoking Laws

CVS Health Quits U.S. chamber Over Stance On Smoking by Danny Hakim.  The New York Times.  July 7, 2015. 

Penalties Often Work Better Than Pure Reward In Smoking Cessation

Study Asks If Carrot Or Stick Can Better Help Smokers Stop by Sabrina Tavernise.  The New York Times.  May 13, 2015. 

E-Cigarette Use Tripled Among Teens Raising Health And Regulatory Issues

E-Cigarette Use Tripled Among Teens--A "Staggering" Increase, CDC Reports by James Hood.  April 16, 2015.