As if anyone needed another reason for quitting: a new study found that heavy cigarette use in middle age more than doubles the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease or dementia down the road.
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No More Outdoor Smoking in New York City?
New York City’s government proposed legislation yesterday to ban smoking in city parks, beaches and pedestrian plazas like Times Square and Rockefeller Center. Despite rumors, the ban would not extend to city streets.
An uptick in U.S. smoking rates
With cigarette taxes incrementally crawling upward, indoor smoking bans gaining traction across the country, and the dangers of smoking regularly hammered home by public health officials and news outlets, it would seem that the U.S. is winning the war against cigarettes. But, according to the results of a new survey conducted by the
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