February is American Heart Month Heart disease and stroke are major causes of death and disability in the United States. Many people are at high risk for these diseases and don’t know it. The good news is that many risk factors for heart disease and stroke can be prevented or controlled, including quitting tobacco. The […]
Posted By: Veronica Ortega vortega@klkntv.com It’s that time again to make your New Year’s resolution. For many, it’s to quit smoking. Officials with the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services say they know it’s not easy but it is possible. The state created a program called Tobacco Free Nebraska to help people around the […]
BY JOIN TOGETHER STAFF The rate of mental disorders among smokers is increasing, a new study concludes. More recent smokers have the highest risk, HealthDay reports. The study analyzed data from 25,000 people. The researchers found that while the national smoking rate has been declining since the 1960s, the percentage of smokers who are nicotine-dependent […]
Quit smoking to start your year off right. Every January 1, people all over the world make New Year’s resolutions. If you’re one of the nearly 7 in 10 U.S. smokers who want to quit, why not make a resolution to get started? Smoking is still the number one cause of preventable death and disease […]
About 7 in 10 middle and high school students – more than 18 million young people – see e-cigarette advertising in stores, online, in newspapers and magazines, or on television and in movies, according to a new CDC Vital Signs report. E-cigarette ads use many of the same themes – independence, rebellion, and sex – […]
November 2015 November is National COPD Awareness Month Sponsored by the US COPD Coalition, National COPD Awareness Month is a time for organizations and communities across the country to increase the overall awareness of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD. COPD Learn More Breathe Better®, the title of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s national awareness and […]
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From Society Researchers The American Cancer Society employs a staff of full-time researchers who relentlessly pursue the answers that help us better understand lung cancer and all cancers. One of the main ways Society researchers study lung cancer is through long-term cancer prevention studies. The Society has conducted such studies since 1952. Our long-term follow-up […]
Tobacco Facts Tobacco & Health Key Facts from The Health Consequences of Smoking – 50 Years of Progress: A Report of the Surgeon General (2014) There are more than 480,000 deaths each year in the US caused by cigarette use and exposure to secondhand smoke. More than 16 million Americans suffer from a disease caused […]
According to the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, 9,540 people in Nebraska will be diagnosed with cancer this year and 3,480 people in Nebraska will die of cancer in 2015. ACS CAN’s annual report, How Do You Measure Up? A Progress Report on State Legislative Activity to Reduce Cancer Incidence and Mortality, shows Nebraska is falling […]
