breathing cigarette smoke secondhand does more than irritate the airways. New biological research shows it changes how the body behaves at a molecular level, even in people who never smoke. When tobacco smoke Smoking and Chronic Lung Disease:

Be wary of the lit end of your cigarette when holding it idly

FDA authorized PMI to market IQOS with the claim that switching completely from conventional cigarettes to IQOS reduces consumer exposure to harmful chemicals, even though most members of an official FDA advisory panel of experts were skeptical of the claim

The bills were backed by a coalition of medical groups including the American Heart Association, American Lung Association, American Cancer Society and the California Medical Association

And because we can compare our findings to prior work, we can see that it may be a growing problem for New York Citys tax collection

UT MD Anderson's Tobacco Research and Treatment Program (TRTP) offers free tobacco cessation services to patients and includes in-person, phone and video counseling

This blog is part of a monthly series on health-related topics from a collaboration between Pima County Public Library and Pima County Health Department