A fascinating study with big implications for smokers concludes that an individual's decision to quit is influenced by members of their close social group--but also by people they don't even know. And whole groups of people with no direct relationships to each other quit simultaneously.
If this were not published in the New England... Read more
A new
study suggests people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease can stay
out of the hospital—and possibly live longer--if they participate in a
low-level management program. COPD is the medical name given to “smoker’s lung”: the persistent phlegmy cough and
constricted breathing that’s nearly always caused... Read more
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