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• 5 Tips to Help Quit Smoking in 2021
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• 8/8 -- Turning Away From Vaping, Nicotine-Addicted Teens Choose Candy, Gums
• A Little Cash May Help Women Quit Smoking During Pregnancy: Study
• A Plus From the Pandemic: Fewer Kids Using E-Cigarettes
• About 4 in 10 Stroke Survivors Who Smoke Don't Quit the Habit
• Ad Displays in Stores Boost Teen Vaping Rates: Canadian Study
• Addictive Opioid Painkillers Might Not Be Needed After Knee Surgery
• Addictive, Harmful Vaping Is Super Cool on TikTok
• Adding Vaping to Smoking Brings Even Worse Respiratory Effects
• ADHD Medication ODs Rising in U.S. Kids, Teens
• ADHD Raises Adult Suicide Risk, Especially for Women
• After Criticism, FDA Pledges to Revamp Its Tobacco Division
• Americans' Lung Health: The Poor Suffer Most
• Americans' Stigma Against Depression May Finally Be Fading: Study
• America's Love Affair With Sleeping Pills May Be Waning
• Animal Sedative Is Driving Rise in Fatal Drug ODs
• Another Deadly Disease for Smokers: Pulmonary Fibrosis
• Another Smoking Hazard for Men: Brittle Bones
• Are Opioid Painkillers Needed Weeks After Heart Surgery? Maybe Not
• Arthritis? Back Pain? Medical Pot May Help You Avoid Opioid Painkillers
• As More Legal Pot Dispensaries Open, More Young Adults Start Using
• As Opioid Deaths Rise Among Teens, Too Few Youth Get Anti-Addiction Drug
• Asthma, COPD Raise Odds for Severe COVID-19, Lung Experts Warn
• B 8/11 -- U.S. Opioid Prescriptions Are Declining
• B 8/9 -- When Pot Made Legal, Poisonings From Synthetic Pot Decline
• Babies in Danger From Ingesting Opioids Laced With Animal Tranquilizer
• Ban Menthol Cigarettes, Lower Smoking Rates?
• Ban on Menthols Won't Push Smokers to Black Market Cigarettes: Study
• Banning Flavored Vapes Didn't Spur Folks to Quit
• Be Realistic: It's Key to Achieving Those New Year's Resolutions
• Biden to Announce Nicotine-Reduction Rule for Tobacco Companies
• Big Drop Seen in Drug Treatment Admissions During Pandemic
• Big Drop Seen in Kids Getting Opioids After Surgery
• Binge Drinking Soared During Lockdown: Survey
• Black Patients Fare Worse With Deadly Lung Disease Pulmonary Fibrosis
• 'Brain Zap' Technology May Help Hardcore Smokers Quit
• Brain 'Zap' Treatment Might Curb Smoking
• 'Breakthrough' COVID More Likely in People With Problem Drug, Alcohol Use
• Breast Cancer Surpasses Lung Cancer as Leading Cancer Diagnosis Worldwide
• California Voters Ban Flavored Tobacco, and a Cigarette Maker Is Suing
• Canada's Menthol Cigarette Ban Boosted Quit Rates: Would the Same Happen in U.S.?
• Cancer Survivors at Higher Odds for Second Cancer: Study
• Cardiac Rehab Boosts Quality of Life After Heart Attack: Study
• Cases of Deadly Heart Infection Tied to Opioid Abuse Rose Sharply During Pandemic
• Cases of Meth-Linked Heart Failure Are Spreading Worldwide
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• CDC Issues New Guidance on Prescribed Opioids for Pain
• CDC Reports Record High 12-Month Drug Overdose Death Toll
• Child Bullies at Higher Odds for Substance Abuse as Adults: Study
• Cigarette Sales Jumped During Pandemic
• Coping With Nicotine Withdrawal Symptoms
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• Could Opioid Crisis Mean More Strokes for Americans?
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• COVID Lockdowns Got People Smoking More
• COVID-19 Is More Severe in Smokers
• COVID-19 Pandemic May Lead to 75,000 'Deaths of Despair'
• COVID-19 Poses Added Risk for People With Addiction Disorders: Study
• CVS Health, Walmart and Walgreens Played Role in Opioid Crisis: Ohio Jury
• Dangerous Prescriptions of Opioids-Plus-Sedatives Plummet in U.S.
• Deadly 'Rainbow Fentanyl' Looks Like Candy, Could Entice Kids
• Death Rates Are Rising Across Rural America
• Deep Brain Stimulation Shows Promise Against Binge Eating Disorder
• Delay in Graphic Warning Labels on Cigarettes Cost Lives: Study
• Depression in Youth Ups Odds for Adult Illnesses: Study
• Did a Ban on Flavored Vapes Raise Teen Smoking Rates?
• Did Pandemic Lockdowns Worsen the Epidemic of Opioid Abuse?
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• Doctors May Be Overprescribing Opioids After Surgeries
• Doubly Good: Healthy Living Cuts Your Odds for the 2 Leading Killers
• Dr. Rahul Gupta to Be Nominated as Next U.S. Drug Czar
• Drinking Alone in Youth a Big Sign for Future Problems
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• Drugged Driving a Growing Threat on America's Roads
• During Pandemic, Fewer Using Drug That Fights Opioid Overdose
• Each Day Sober Slowly Helps Alcoholics' Brains Recover
• ERs Can Boost Efforts to Stamp Out Opioid Addiction
• Even Before COVID, Many More People Died Early in U.S. Versus Europe
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• Even Secondhand Smoke in Pregnancy Might Raise Baby's Breathing Risks
• Even 'Social Smokers' Up Their Odds of Death From Lung Disease
• Experts Say New Street Drug Is ‘as Deadly as Fentanyl’
• Ex-Smokers Who Take Up Vaping Are More Prone to Relapse: Study
• Family Behind Oxycontin Denies Any Responsibility for Opioid Crisis
• Fatal Drug Overdoses Among U.S. Seniors Have Tripled Since 2000
• Fatal Heart Infections Linked to Opioid Abuse Have Tripled Among Young Americans
• Fatal Opioid ODs Keep Rising in Black Americans
• FDA Bans Sale of Nearly a Million E-Cigarettes; Allows Juul to Remain on Market
• FDA Issues Warning to Maker of Illegal Nicotine Gummies
• FDA Panel Considers Making Opioid Antidote Drug Available Without Prescription
• FDA Panel Says Opioid Overdose Antidote Safe to Sell Over-the-Counter
• FDA Poised to Ban Menthol Cigarettes
• FDA Proposes Ban on Menthol Cigarettes, Flavored Cigars
• FDA Tells Three Small E-Cigarette Makers to Stop Selling Flavored Products
• FDA Warns of Animal Tranquilizer in Illicit Drugs
• Feeling Down? Support Via Social Media May Not Be Enough
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• Flavored-Cigarette Ban Led to Smoking Decline Among Young Americans
• For Men, Vaping May Be a Downer in the Bedroom
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• 'Friends' Star Matthew Perry Reveals Harrowing Addiction Journey
• Gen X, Millennials in Worse Health Than Prior Generations at Same Age
• Getting a Pacemaker Can Raise Odds for Opioid Abuse
• Gruesome Cigarette Warnings May Work on Smokers: Study
• Gruesome Warnings on Cigarette Packs Have Smokers Hiding Them, but not Quitting
• Gum Disease Treatments Lose Their Punch in Heavy Smokers
• Half of Adults With ADHD Have Struggled With Alcohol, Drug Use
• Half of Dentists Say Patients Are Coming to Appointments While High
• Healthy Lifestyle Cuts Odds for Long COVID in Half
• Healthy Living Boosts Life Span, Even for Former Smokers
• Heart Surgery Leads to Long-Term Opioid Use for Some
• Hearts From Drug Abusers Can Be Used for Transplants
• 'Heat Not Burn' Cigarettes Can Still Harm the Heart
• Heavy Drinking in Youth Could Harm Arteries
• Heavy Pot Use Linked to Mental Problems, Even After Quitting
• High Blood Levels of Cadmium May Be Tied to Worse COVID-19
• High-Dose Withdrawal Drug in ER Can Help Battle Opioid Addiction
• High-Potency Pot Tied to Big Rise in Psychiatric Issues
• Hit Hard by Opioid Crisis, Canadian Province Decriminalizes Small Amounts of Hard Drugs
• Hope Can Save People From Making Bad Choices: Study
• How Smoking Could Help Spur Breast Cancer's Spread
• How the COVID Pandemic Made the Opioid Epidemic Worse, Even as Telehealth Helped
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• In Nonsmokers, COPD May Up Lung Cancer Risk
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• Insomnia Tied to Raised Risk of Aneurysm
• Is a Ban on Menthols Enough to Thwart Big Tobacco?
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• Jail Dims Hopes for Recovery for Young People With Mental Illness
• Juul to Pay $40 Million in N.C. Case Over Vaping's Harm to Teens
• Keep High Blood Pressure at Bay With Healthy Lifestyle
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• Kids' ER Visits for Mental Health Problems Soared Over 10 Years
• Kids Still Dying From Accidental Exposure to Fentanyl Pain Patches
• Knee, Shoulder Surgeries Without Opioids? It's Possible, Study Finds
• Leftover Opioids After Surgery? Mailed Kits Double Rate of Proper Disposal
• Legalizing Marijuana Doesn't Raise Drug, Alcohol Abuse: Study
• Letting Doctors Know a Patient Has Overdosed Might Curb Opioid Overprescribing
• Liver Transplants From Donors Who Overdosed Rose During Pandemic
• Lockdowns Tied to Temporary Drops in Illicit Drug Seizures
• Loneliness May Make Quitting Smoking Even Tougher
• Low-Nicotine Cigarettes Won't Leave Smokers Agitated, Study Finds
• Magic Mushroom Hallucinogen May Treat Problem Drinking
• Make Asthma, Allergy Control Your Resolution for the New Year
• Many Addicts Turned to Telemedicine During Pandemic, But Does It Beat In-Person Care?
• Many Americans Live Too Far From Opioid Addiction Treatment
• Many Deaths Labeled 'Cardiac Arrest' Could Be Drug ODs: Study
• Many Heart Disease Patients Keep Smoking, Despite Knowing Risks
• Many Using Cannabis for Pain Take Opioids, Too
• Many Who Need Opioid OD Antidote the Most Can't Afford It
• Marijuana, Meth, Cocaine Use Can Help Trigger Dangerous A-Fib
• Medical Marijuana Rx Ups Odds for Overuse, With No Benefit to Health: Study
• Men Exposed to Cigarette Smoke in Childhood More Likely to Have Asthmatic Kids
• Men Worldwide Have Shorter Life Spans Than Women
• Mental Health Issues Linked to Higher Risk of Breakthrough COVID Infections
• Menthols Make Up 40% of U.S. Cigarette Sales; Ban Could Have Huge Impact
• Meth Abuse Drove Huge Surge in Heart Failure Crises in California
• Meth Overdose Deaths Are Surging in America, With Minorities Most at Risk
• More Americans Would Get Lung Cancer Screening Under New Guidelines
• More U.S. Teens Are Getting Heavily Addicted to Vaping
• More Young Adults in the U.S. Are Saying No to Alcohol
• Most Americans Would Skip Opioids After Surgery If They Could: Survey
• Most U.S. Adults Who Vape Want to Quit: Study
• Moving Away From Opioids to Treat Dental Pain
• MS Has Mixed Impact on Patients' Cancer Risk: Study
• Myths, Ignorance Persist Around Lung Cancer: Poll
• New Biden Plan Would Help Pregnant Women Fight Opioid Addiction
• New CDC Guidelines May Have Made Opioid Prescribing Safer
• New Jersey's '5-Day Rule' Didn't Curb Opioid Use
• New Year's Resolution? Here's How to Make it Stick
• New Zealand Aims for Zero Smokers in a Generation: Could Plan Work Elsewhere?
• No Change in Adolescent Drug, Alcohol Use During Pandemic
• No Change in Number of Post-Op Opioid Prescriptions, But Dosages Drop
• Nurse Practitioners Key to Opioid Treatment in Rural U.S.: Study
• NYC's Overdose Prevention Centers Already Saving Lives
• Obesity in Youth Could Be Big Risk Factor for MS
• Ohio State Warns of Fake Adderall Pills After Two Students Die
• Older Gays, Lesbians at Higher Odds for Drug, Alcohol Abuse: Study
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• Opioid Addiction Relapse May Be Different for Men, Women
• Opioid Addiction Treatment in Jail Could Change Lives
• Opioid Deaths in Young Americans Often Involve Other Drugs
• Opioid Use a Hazard for Young Patients Battling Sarcomas
• Opioids After Dental Work May Be Dangerous
• Other Health Woes Common When Meth Addiction Strikes
• Over 100,000 Americans Died From Drug Overdoses in One Year: Report
• Over 3 Million U.S. School Kids Now Vaping or Smoking
• Oxycontin Maker Purdue Dissolved, Family to Pay $4.5 Billion in Bankruptcy Settlement
• Pandemic Brought Surge in Fatal Drug Overdoses in U.S. Teens
• Pandemic Brought Surge in Teen Drug Overdose Deaths
• Pandemic Has Blocked Access to Treatment for Many Americans Hooked on Opioids
• Pandemic Is Driving U.S. Surge in Cardiac Arrests Tied to Overdose
• Pandemic Saw Big Rise in Deaths to Millennials From Multiple Causes
• Pandemic Tied to Rising Number of Fatal Opioid ODs
• Pandemic Unemployment Has Taken Its Own Deadly Toll
• Parents Often in the Dark When Kids Take Up Vaping
• Parents' Pot Smoking Means More Colds, Flu for Kids
• People Are Buying Illegal Opioids on the Dark Web
• Pfizer Recalls All Lots of Anti-Smoking Drug Chantix Due to Potential Carcinogen
• Pharmacists Can Be Key to Helping Folks Kick Opioid Addiction
• Playing Football, Hockey in High School Ups Odds for Stimulant Abuse
• Poll Finds Many Parents Unaware of Kids' Exposure to Vaping
• Pot Use May Change the Teenage Brain, MRIs Show
• Pot Use Ups Odds for Suicide in Young People With Bipolar Disorder
• Preterm Birth Ups Mom's Long-Term Heart Disease Risk: Study
• PTSD Therapy Doesn't Trigger Drug Relapse in Addiction Patients: Study
• Quit Smoking to Cut Risk of Death From A-Fib
• Quitting Smoking Ups Survival After Lung Cancer Diagnosis
• Raising Legal Age for Tobacco Cuts Teen Smoking, Study Confirms
• Record Number of Fatal Drug ODs for Pregnant, Postpartum Women
• Reduced Drinking May Improve Veterans' Chronic Pain
• Religion Helps Protect Against 'Deaths of Despair': Study
• Resolved to Quit Smoking This Year? Experts Offer Tips
• Rising Number of U.S. Cardiac Arrests Tied to Opioid Abuse
• Rising U.S. Deaths After Users Mix Coke, Meth With an Opioid
• Scientists Develop Quick Test for Marijuana Use
• Secondhand Smoke Can Raise Odds for Mouth, Throat Cancers
• Secondhand Smoke Is Sending Kids to the ER
• Setting Time Limits on Opioid Prescriptions Might Reduce Misuse
• Smokers More Prone to Memory Loss by Middle Age
• Smokers, Obese People Need Major Heart Interventions Earlier in Life
• Smokers, Vapers in Special Danger From Coronavirus
• Smokers: Quitting Earlier in Life Could Benefit Your Health
• Smoking Can Really Weaken the Heart
• Smoking Costs U.S. Economy Almost $900 Billion a Year
• Smoking in Pregnancy Greatly Raises Odds for SIDS in Newborns
• Smoking in Pregnancy Has Declined by a Third Since 2016
• Smoking Makes a Comeback in the Pandemic
• Smoking Plus Mental Illness Can Send Caffeine Intake Soaring
• Smoking Plus Vaping Just as Deadly as Smoking on Its Own: Study
• Smoking Raises Aneurysm Risk for Women
• Smoking Raises Risk for Deadly 'Bleeding Strokes'
• Smoking Rates Drop for Americans Battling Depression, Substance Abuse
• Smoking Rates High Among Surgery Patients
• Smoking Reduces Survival Odds After Bladder Cancer Surgery
• Smoking Ups Your Risk of a Fatal Brain Bleed
• Smoking Weed Could Be Tougher on Your Lungs Than Cigarettes: Study
• Smoking, Drinking Gateway to Pot, Study Finds
• Smoking-Plus-Vaping No Healthier Than Smoking on Its Own
• Social Media Has Big Impact on People Taking Up Smoking, Vaping
• Some Teens Are Overdosing With Meds Prescribed for ADHD, Anxiety
• Stronger Hearts, Better Outcomes in Pregnancy: Study
• Survived a Heart Attack? Long Work Hours Raise Your Odds for Another
• Teen Smoking Rates Drop, E-Cig Use Rises: Study
• Teens Aren't Turning to E-Cigarettes to Quit Smoking
• Teens Have Triple the Odds of Misusing Marijuana Compared to Adults
• Teens More Likely to Vape If Parent Smokes
• Teens Who Use Pot, E-Cigs and Cigarettes Are in Triple Danger
• Telehealth, Phone Visits a Lifesaver for Veterans Addicted to Opioids
• The Sooner Young Smokers Start, The Less Likely They Are to Quit
• There's No Healthy Alternative to Smoking Except Quitting: Study
• TikTok 'Benadryl Challenge' Has Killed at Least One Teen
• Tips for Making 2021 a Healthier Year
• Today's Potent Pot Could Be Prescription for Addiction
• Too Few People Treated for Opioid Use Get Anti-Overdose Med
• Too Few People With Opioid Disorder Receive Best Treatments
• Too Much Pot During Pregnancy May Endanger Baby's Health
• Too Often, Fatal Heart Attack or Stroke Is First Sign of Heart Trouble in Smokers
• Tough Childhoods Are Tough on Adult Hearts: Study
• Two-Drug Combo May Help Fight Meth Addiction
• U.S. Deaths Involving Meth Are Skyrocketing, Fentanyl a Big Factor
• U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths Jumped Nearly 30% During Pandemic
• U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths Reach Record Highs
• U.S. Fatal Drug ODs Rose Again in 2021, But Increase Is Slowing
• U.S. Meth Overdose Deaths Tripled in Recent Years
• U.S. Murder Rate Up 30% During Pandemic, Highest One-Year Rise Ever
• U.S. Smoking, Vaping Rates Fell in First Year of Pandemic: CDC
• Under 50 and Had a Heart Attack? Quit Smoking, and You'll Live Longer
• Unhealthy in Your 20s? Your Mind May Pay the Price Decades Later
• Up to 60% of Teens in Some U.S. Schools Used E-Cigs: Study
• US to Allow Medicaid to Pay for Drug Treatment in Prisons
• Use of Pot, Hallucinogens Soaring Among Young Americans
• Vaping Can Trigger Gene Changes in Cells: Study
• Vaping Could Raise Teens' Odds for Severe COVID
• Vaping Could Weaken Your Bones, Study Finds
• Vaping Just Once Triggers Dangerous 'Oxidative Stress'
• Vaping May Addle the Adolescent Brain
• Vaping Pot Worse Than Vaping Tobacco for Teens' Lungs: Study
• Vaping Raises Blood Clotting Risks, Harms Small Arteries: Study
• Vaping Ups Teens' Odds for Asthma, Asthma Attacks
• Vaping Won't Help Smokers Quit, Another Study Finds
• Vaping Worse Than Smoking for Boosting Odds for Stroke at Young Age
• Wearable Device Spots, Reverses Opioid Overdoses
• Weekend Binge Drinking: Not as Harmless as You Think
• What Behaviors Will Shorten Your Life?
• What Drives Doctors to Take Their Own Lives
• What Happens to Your Body When You Quit Smoking
• What Puts You at High Risk of Midlife Mental Decline?
• When Pot Use Starts in Teens, Drug Addiction More Likely: Study
• Who Is Using Herbal Kratom?
• Why Are More U.S. Babies Being Born With Syphilis?
• Why Are Young Black Americans Becoming Less Heart-Healthy?
• Why Quitting Smoking Might Be a Bit Tougher for Women
• Wider Supply of Opioid Antidote Naloxone Won't Encourage Heroin Use: Study
• Women in Their 50s Can Lower Their Stroke Risk – Here's How
• Women Smokers Less Likely to Get Cancer Screenings
• Yes, Pot Is Stronger Now Than in Decades Past, Study Finds
• You Don't Have to Be a Smoker to Get Lung Cancer
• You Don't Have to Smoke to Get Lung Cancer
• Youth Vaping Rates Decline, But 1 in 5 U.S. Teens Still Uses E-Cigs
• Youth Vaping Rates Have Plunged During Lockdown: Study
• Youth Vaping Triples Odds for Adult Smoking