MA: Smoking Prevention
MA Near Bottom of Barrel in Funding Smoking Prevention
BOSTON — According to a new report, Massachusetts will collect more than $900 million this year from the 1998 state tobacco settlement and …
Near Bottom of Pack: MA Ranks 35th for Protecting Children from Tobacco
BOSTON - More than one in 10 children in the Commonwealth smoke, and a new report predicts that almost 4,000 young people in the state will become …
A Cigarette By Any Other Name: E-Cig Concern in Commonwealth
BOSTON - Electronic cigarettes - also known as e-hookahs, hookah pens and vape pipes - are growing in popularity in Massachusetts. Celebrities in …
Bay Staters Get Ready for "Great American Smokeout"
BOSTON - Thursday is the 35th annual Great American Smokeout put on by the American Cancer Society, and experts say you can add up to eight years to …
Stroke – What Everyone Should Know
BOSTON - It's called the silent killer; only heart disease and cancer kill more Americans than does stroke. A stroke occurs when a blood vessel that …
Environmental Health Risks: Not Just Cancer
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A recent report delivered to President Obama by a special panel appointed by President Bush warned that the risk of cancer from …
Study: Women's Stroke Risk is Almost Triple Men's
BOSTON - Women ages 35 to 64 had lower blood pressure and better overall blood chemistry than men of the same age, but a new study found the women …
Bay Staters Are Smoking Less but Eating More and it’s Showing
BOSTON - Bay Staters are like most Americans in that they have been smoking less over the last 15 years, which has resulted in longer life expectancy …
Resolved to Quit Smoking? If at First You Don’t Succeed…
BOSTON - Nobody likes a quitter - unless of course you are The American Lung Association. Quitting smoking is at the top of many a New Year's …
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