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KENTUCKY, May 7, 2012 / WFPL News / –  A new poll by a nonpartisan health organization suggests a majority of Kentuckians would support a statewide smoking ban. The Kentucky Health Issues Poll is conducted by the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky. And its 2011 poll, taken... Read More

ANN ARBOR, May 6, 2012 / AnnArbor.com/ – In the two years since the smoking ban went into effect in Michigan, a couple of things have become abundantly clear. The first is that the ban enjoys widespread popular support. The second is that it has done what it’s supposed to... Read More

April 13, 2012 / Bloomberg Businessweek / – With the U.S. surgeon general returning to her home state of Alabama to talk about the dangers of smoking, some legislators are pushing an increase in the state cigarette tax, but they say it doesn’t have much chance of passing... Read More

April 3, 2012 / Fox News / – Women tend to find it harder to quit smoking than men, and a new study suggests why – women’s brains respond differently to nicotine, the researchers say….Elements of smoking not related to nicotine, such as the smell and act of holding a cigarette,... Read More

ROSEMONT, Ill., April 12, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Orthopaedic surgeons outline steps to help patients stop smoking, ideally before surgery.  Tobacco and nicotine use are known to impair the body’s ability to heal bones and wounds. Two new studies presented at... Read More

(HealthDay News), March 23, 2012 — Offering smokers free nicotine patches and telephone counseling does not improve their chances of quitting, according to a new study.The study included nearly 2,600 smokers who called the United Kingdom’s National Health Service... Read More

January 9, 2012 / NY Times /  – The nicotine gum and patches that millions of smokers use to help kick their habit have no lasting benefit and may backfire in some cases, according to the most rigorous long-term study to date of so-called nicotine replacement therapy. The study,... Read More