A Florida GOP state senator who supports legalizing marijuana has floated a bill that would prohibit people from lighting up on the streets. State Sen.Joe Gruters announced the potential legislation during a virtual news conference on Thursday, saying he wants smoking of all types and vaping in public banned for environmental and quality-of-life benefits if...
Smokers with type 2 diabetes taking Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic had fewer tobacco-related medical encounters and fewer interventions to help them quit smoking than those who received other diabetes drugs, according to a study of electronic health records published on Monday. In the year after starting treatment, Ozempic users with a previous diagnosis of tobacco use...
As many as 40% of cancer cases — and up to half of cancer-related deaths — could have been prevented. That’s according to a new study from the American Cancer Society (ACS), which measured the impact of modifiable risk factors for 30 types of cancers among adults over age 30. Some of those factors were...
