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By Kirwan Gray
Low-level laser therapy, big in Europe, is getting bigger in the U.S. MORE
By Walter Armstrong and Dirk Hanson
Prescription smokes possible in this isolated euro country. MORE
By Dirk Hanson
Major new study puts future of popular anti-craving drug in doubt. MORE
By Kirk Maltais
Aussies accused of confiscating cigarette maker’s “intellectual property.” MORE
By Dirk Hanson
Anti-smoking ordinances protect people from secondhand smoke, but they don’t help smokers quit. MORE
By Dirk Hanson
Animal studies give researchers new clues about why smokers gain weight when they quit. MORE
By Dirk Hanson
"Bans on smoking in parks and beaches raise questions about the acceptable limits for government,” says the New England Journal of Medicine. MORE
By Dirk Hanson
Are menthols more addictive and hazardous to your health than regular cigarettes? The FDA certainly thinks so. But a respected new study sponsored by the National Cancer Institute strongly disagrees. MORE
By Dirk Hanson
Desperate to cut down on the country's sky-high smoking rates, China has called for a ban on smoking in hospitals and medical offices. Unfortunately, the nation's chain-smoking doctors don't agree. Will a nationwide no-smoking program make the difference? MORE
By Dirk Hanson
In 2006, Massachusetts began paying for stop-smoking treatments--and admissions for heart attacks fell by a staggering 46%. Now Ontario wants to do the same thing. MORE
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