smoking

As many as 60,000 New Yorkers might stop smoking if cigarette taxes were raised a dollar a pack. That’s exactly what the American Heart Association is…

New York enjoyed some good news recently around health and smoking. But other statistics show both health and economic problems coming from a different…

A lot of Central New Yorkers might have ‘quitting smoking’ on their New Year’s Resolution List. But smoking cessation often fails the first time around.…

It appears fewer adults in New York State are smoking these days, in fact, fewer than ever. The State Health department tracked smokers from 2011 to 2016,…

A lot of people will start 2018 with the goal – call it a resolution or not – of quitting smoking. The New York State Smokers Quitline has coaches that…

There’s growing momentum behind a measure that would increase the age to buy tobacco products to 21 in Onondaga County. The legislation would target the…

It appears New York State and Onondaga County have been a few steps ahead of federal law after news Thursday that the Food and Drug Administration was…

The air quality is officially smoke free today inside Syracuse Housing Authority properties. They’ve been preparing tenants for a year in advance and the…

Children’s and Families’ health was the focus of a new Syracuse city proposal to restrict smoking in public places. The measure passed, but not without…

New York Cancer prevention officials are recognizing the 50th anniversary of the study that began decades of trying to get people to either quit – or…