For every dollar Massachusetts spends on anti-smoking programs for low income residents it saves $3 in medical costs, largely from avoided heart attacks and other cardiac-related hospitalizations, a new study finds. That translated into an annual net savings of about $14.7 million for the state Medicaid program, according to the research by George Washington University. State health officials ...
It happened during a scuffle at a Pittsburgh Pirates game between a woman and her dad when she refused to stop smoking. Photo Credit: Getty Images
The Frederick County Health Department is offering classes to help smokers kick the habit. The “Stop Smoking for Life” hour-long class is free. Classes run from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. May 22 to June 26, in room 2-139 at the Frederick County Health Department, 350 Monteveue Lane, Frederick.
As the B.C. government touts the popularity of its new smokingcessation program, which provides the stop-smoking pill Champix at no charge, a hearing to certify a class-action lawsuit against the drug's manufacturer is set for the end of this month.
DeWine says such depictions have a negative influence on children and their health.
The Iowa Attorney General is joining with 38 other AGs to snuff out smoking in youth movies. Tom Miller and...
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and 37 of his counterparts elsewhere are urging movie studios to take smoking out of films rated for youth audiences.
Children as young as 11 are to be targeted in a major new drive costing more than £850,000 to encourage them to stop smoking.
The first stop smoking service designed to help children and teenagers in Wales to quit the habit is being developed.
An NHS scheme offering people money to stop smoking has been a success, according to health professionals.