All posts tagged "Cigarettes"

Doctors were bewildered by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s directive for federal agencies to seek new measles treatments — including vitamins — instead of promoting long-established safe and effective vaccinations, according to The New York Times.

“This is akin to saying, ‘Go ahead and eat whatever you want, don’t exercise, smoke like a chimney — we’re going to invest all of our resources in heart transplants,’” the Times quoted Dr. Jonathan Temte, a former chairman of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's vaccine advisory committee.

The nation is in the grips of the "largest single measles outbreak in 25 years," the Times reported. "On Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported more than 930 cases nationwide, most of which are associated with the Southwest outbreak" that killed two young girls....

This article was originally published by Stateline.

About 80% of Black smokers use menthol cigarettes, which are more addictive.

It was just after sunset, and the evening traffic was buzzing on Highway 50 as 24-year-old Elijah Kinlaw popped into his local Walgreens in Clermont, Florida, to pick up some smokes. He had just finished a long day working at a local roofing company, and he was still wearing his neon green work T-shirt and a red beanie....

Smoking kills, and most health care organizations readily sound warnings.

“Don't smoke or use tobacco products,” the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society recommends.

“Stop smoking or chewing tobacco” and “limit your exposure to second hand smoke,” the American Red Cross similarly advises. ...

Scientists on Monday said they had evidence that plain packaging for cigarettes diminishes the appeal of smoking, as anti-tobacco campaigners suggest.

The British government on Friday announced that plans to introduce plain packaging for cigarettes in the UK have been postponed, sparking an angry response from health campaigners.