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Lung Cancer Screening Recommended for Heavy Smokers

January 13, 2013 4 comments

January 13, 2013- The American Cancer Society issued a statement this past week in which it suggested that people who have been smoking at least one-pack-per-day for the past thirty years or more sho...

Norway Court Upholds Tobacco Store Display Ban

September 15, 2012 no comments

September 15, 2012- After filing a complaint to attempt to over rule the ban on displaying Tobacco products in store, the Phillip Morris Company have now been defeated as a court ruled against them. ...

New Reports Says Sleeping Pills Are Very Risky

February 28, 2012 no comments

February 28, 2012- A new report says the use of sleeping pills could be as dangerous as regularly smoking cigarettes. The report said that the hundreds of thousands who use sleeping pills only twice ...

Federal Judge Blocks Requirement On Cigarette Labels

November 8, 2011

November 8, 2011- The Food and Drug Administration received a setback as a federal judge said requiring cigarette makers to place health warnings that include images of cadavers, diseased lungs and o...

Chantix Good Outweighs The Bad

October 25, 2011

October 25, 2011- The Food and Drug Administration announced that new studies showing the benefits of Chantix as a stop smoking drug outweigh the risks it carries. The studies were sponsored by the F...

American Smokers Decrease, But Still Too High

September 7, 2011

September 7, 2011- A new study performed by the Centers for Disease Control says that the number of Americans smoking has declined. The decrease was only 1.5%, less than any decrease in the past five...