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April 4, 2016

7 healthy habits may reduce heart failure risk

Adults who score well on the American Heart Association's (AHA) Life's Simple 7 checklist are less likely than others to develop heart failure, according to a new study.

March 31, 2016

Mother's smoking during pregnancy affects baby's DNA

Pregnant women now have another reason to quit smoking - a new analysis links it to differences in their babies' DNA that mirror alterations in adult smokers and suggest how smoking might contribute to certain birth defects.

March 29, 2016

Smoke without fire: Japan becomes test ground for real tobacco e-cigarette

Two tobacco giants are seeing strong demand for their reboots of the e-cigarette in Japan, with Philip Morris International twice postponing a nationwide rollout and Japan Tobacco suspending shipments - both due to supply shortages.

March 17, 2016

Mother's smoking may influence child's lung function decades later

Middle aged people whose mothers smoked heavily may be at significantly increased risk for breathing problems according to a new study from Australia.

March 17, 2016

Healthy heart may also mean healthy brain

If you eat right, exercise and take care of your heart, you may also be doing good things for your brain, a U.S. study suggests.

March 15, 2016

Quitting smoking abruptly has best long-term results

Reuters Health - People who quit smoking all at once are more likely to be successful than those who cut down on cigarettes gradually, according to a new study.

March 14, 2016

For low-income smokers, calling a quitline may cost too much

Telephone quitlines offer free and effective treatment for tobacco dependence, but for low-income smokers who only have a cell phone and don't have unlimited minutes, calls to the quitline may take a substantial portion of their cell minutes for the month, according to a new study.

February 26, 2016

NYC backs legislation banning smokeless tobacco in ballparks

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York City Health Department is backing legislation that would ban smokeless tobacco from all ticketed sports arenas, including Yankee Stadium and Citi Field.

February 19, 2016

#Catmageddon: Why experts love new anti-smoking ad

Nothing gets the Internet talking like viral cat videos, and now a new anti-smoking ad has tapped into people's love of funny cats in the name of health education — a move that experts say is a good one

February 19, 2016

Marijuana use may lead to abuse of other substances

Using marijuana may lead in short order to using even more marijuana as well as abusing other drugs and alcohol, suggests a new analysis of U.S. data.