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The nation's air has gotten marginally better over the past 10 years, according to an annual report released Wednesday, but many cities still suffer from severe pollution problems.
It was just after 7 a.m. and Cassie Graham was lighting up her second cigarette of the morning.
Quitting cigarettes can only do a body good, but do former smokers ever fully recover from years of addiction?
A blood test may one day be able to predict how a smoker will respond to two popular methods of kicking the habit
Why do some smokers get cancer and others don't? Scientists have discovered two genetic variants that may be the reason
It's the season for giving and receiving -- yes, of course, gifts and food and holiday cheer, but also something you probably don't want: germs.
We've all worked with them - self-proclaimed "smokers" who mysteriously disappear for longer (and more often) than their designated 15-minute breaks.
Los Angeles ranks as the smoggiest city in the United States, according to an annual report card released Tuesday by the American Lung Association. It leads the nation in all three major air pollution categories, short-term particle pollution, year-round particle pollution and ozone pollution.
It's time to breathe a sigh of relief -- sort of. Thanks to changes in air-quality and emissions laws over the past 30 years, the air you breathe when you head outdoors this summer is cleaner than ever.
Americans have been giving generously to help victims of the tsunami disaster that destroyed seaside communities from Thailand to East Africa and killed 155,000 people.
The nation's air has gotten marginally better over the past 10 years, according to an annual report released Wednesday, but many cities still suffer from severe pollution problems.
It was just after 7 a.m. and Cassie Graham was lighting up her second cigarette of the morning.
Quitting cigarettes can only do a body good, but do former smokers ever fully recover from years of addiction?
A blood test may one day be able to predict how a smoker will respond to two popular methods of kicking the habit
Why do some smokers get cancer and others don't? Scientists have discovered two genetic variants that may be the reason
It's the season for giving and receiving -- yes, of course, gifts and food and holiday cheer, but also something you probably don't want: germs.
We've all worked with them - self-proclaimed "smokers" who mysteriously disappear for longer (and more often) than their designated 15-minute breaks.
Los Angeles ranks as the smoggiest city in the United States, according to an annual report card released Tuesday by the American Lung Association. It leads the nation in all three major air pollution categories, short-term particle pollution, year-round particle pollution and ozone pollution.
It's time to breathe a sigh of relief -- sort of. Thanks to changes in air-quality and emissions laws over the past 30 years, the air you breathe when you head outdoors this summer is cleaner than ever.
Americans have been giving generously to help victims of the tsunami disaster that destroyed seaside communities from Thailand to East Africa and killed 155,000 people.
Southern California tops the list of the nation's cities and counties most threatened by air pollution, according to the American Lung Association's annual report.
Thanks to the free market, people who love clean air can now put their money where their breath is. You can buy the rights to disgorge SO2 -- or sulfur dioxide, a component of acid rain -- then sit...
If you have tried -- and tried again -- but still failed to stop smoking, you probably shrugged off the introduction of nicotine skin patches as just the latest wacko ''miracle'' way to kick the ha...
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