Smoking Cessation

HIV & Smoking Is A Lethal Combo For The Lungs

HIV patients who take their medication but also smoke are about 10 times more likely to die from lung cancer than from AIDS-related causes, ... Read More

Women In Your 20s: Take This Risk To Heart

Heart disease is the top killer of women. The majority of women between the ages of 40 and 60 have at least one risk factor for the disease. ... Read More

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 still continues to ... Read More

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 two to four times more likely to die ... Read More

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 with his school years, and his diet ... Read More

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 when he runs up and down the basketball court. ... Read More

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. A recent study looked at whether ... Read More

Marijuana & Sickle Cell: Does It Work?

How many times have you heard someone say, "You can only get cancer from smoking cigarettes. Name one person that’s died from smoking ... Read More

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 the sale of all ... Read More

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 in rats that inhaled ... Read More

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 I’ve been in Paul’s company, he could barely go ... Read More