The Worst States For Fighting Lung Cancer (Where Is Yours On The List?)
Even with the ongoing print and TV advertisements pointing out the obvious affects of cigarettes, lung cancer ...
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6 Simple Ways To Lower Your Risk Of Heart Disease
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in African Americans, and if you have diabetes, you are ...
How To Detox Your Lungs After You Quit Smoking
You’ve kicked the habit of smoking. Now, comes the work of repairing your lungs. Cigarette smoke contains many ...
Detroit Man Survives Heart Failure After Doctor Tells Him “If You Had Waited One More Week You Would Have Been Dead”
Protecting his health never entered the mind of James Young II during his 20s and 30s. Exercise ended ...
Diabetes A Growing Threat In Blacks Who Are Heavy Smokers
He knows cigarettes are bad for him. He knows years of smoking cause the pain in his lungs ...
3 Natural Ways To Fight Infertility
Infertility seems to be affecting more and more women these days. With approximately 7.4 million women experiencing infertility ...
If You Have HIV Smoking May Be Worse Than The Virus, Study Finds
If you’re an HIV patient and smoker, chances are the tobacco is more deadly than the actual virus. ...
Marijuana & Sickle Cell: Does It Work?
How many times have you heard someone say, “You can only get cancer from smoking cigarettes. Name one ...
African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council To President Obama: “Give Our Community A Fighting Chance”
Leaders from the African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council (AATCLC) wrote a letter to President Obama to ban ...
Secondhand Marijuana Smoke May Damage Blood Vessels More Than Tobacco Smoke
Secondhand marijuana smoke may damage your blood vessels even more than tobacco smoke. In a new study, arteries ...
African Americans & Tobacco Use: Why Do We Smoke Less But Suffer More?
My cousin has a dear friend named Paul who is African American and a smoker. The few times ...
#Tobacco21: Chicago The Latest City To Raise Tobacco Sale Age To 21
Age 18 may not be the magic number to keep youth from smoking. Within this year, laws have been ...
Dirty Dozen: 12 Cancers Linked To Smoking
About half of U.S. deaths caused by certain cancers — including lung, colon and pancreatic tumors — can ...
Smoking May Put African Americans At Higher Risk For Kidney Damage
Cigarette smoking — a universal health hazard — may particularly damage kidney function in African-Americans, according to new ...
