It’s been a big week in cigarette news. CVS announced Wednesday that it will no longer sell cigarettes and tobacco products. CVS is the second-biggest drugstore chain in the country and the move to ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will stop airing its "Tips From Former Smokers" ads at the end of September, ...

A man’s breathing is so tortured from emphysema it takes him more than a minute to speak a word. Another is paralyzed from a stroke. Others have had limbs amputated, lungs removed, and heart attacks.

JEFFERSON CITY — The St. Louis Cardinals might have missed out on the World Series this year, but they did receive $100,000 in federal recovery money. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior ...

PHOENIX — A last-minute decision by Arizona officials has snuffed out a series of anti-smoking television commercials aimed at teens and children. The ads were the centerpiece of a $900,000 campaign, ...

The campaign saved billions of dollars in health care costs by preventing smoking-related illnesses. HealthDay News — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will stop airing its “Tips ...

Gov. Deval Patrick relaunched a statewide anti-tobacco media campaign last week, but skeptics say it may be just a quick fix for a societal addiction that needs much more attention and funding. State ...

How would smokers feel if they were approached by a child who wants a light for a cigarette? That’s the premise behind a recent smoking PSA made in Thailand. The ...

Today in research: people gain weight, your heart likes being married, the oldest fossils are discovered and, again, disgusting anti-smoking ads seem ineffective. Silkworm silk and human cells combine ...

The surest way to get teen-agers to do something is to tell them not to. That principle appears to apply to some smoking-prevention ads created by tobacco companies, a new study has found. Youngsters ...

Research shows the campaign led to millions of attempts to stop smoking and more than 1 million long-term quits between 2012 and 2023. HealthDay News — The US Centers for Disease Control and ...