Dr. Wes

By now the world has heard the remarkable news: that CVS Caremark will no longer be selling its tobacco products in any of its stores.  Lock...

... because one of the principle negotiators smokes and the other one quit . -Wes

"Little Ardi Rizal has been puffing away since he was 18 months old, and is now up to two packs a day, his family said. The chain-smok...

Could this be the start of a trend ? The Nevada Supreme Court on Friday upheld a ruling that a Las Vegas police officer was not entitled to ...

While I support the President at signing tough new no-smoking legislation, shouldn't he lead by example? There are fewer touchier quest...

A new "score" to assess the clinical risk factors for the development of atrial fibrillation was published in Lancet today based ...

It seems the White House is a smoke free zone. So what will happen when Barack Obama, who we find has yet to quit smoking, takes up reside...

With insurance rates tied to a history of smoking, this will never happen here. -Wes

I heard this on the radio this morning: On the 10th anniversary of the $246 billion settlement, the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids has don...

Today, San Francisco's city board of supervisors will vote on whether to bar cigarette sales at pharmacies and retail stores with in-st...

Eric Zorn, syndicated columnist at the Chicago Tribune , likes the PUP laws (laws that ban the "purchase, use and possession" of ...

My job is secure. I was awestruck by a Center for Disease Control (CDC) report yesterday that demonstrated that, on average, one of five pe...

Just when you think you've seen it all, comes " digital smoking ." What new schemes to take your money will they think of next...

From England, this picture is one of many to appear on cigarette packs to make people think twice about smoking: However, this particular p...

Here's instructions on making a plastic heart from a cigarette package wrapper. Funny, the instructions state: "When melting the ...

With the decline in cigarette consumption in Illinois with our new state-wide smoking ban , it seems our senators will have to increase the ...

Tax Mike Ditka's cigars to support health care for more needy children? Sounds nice like a plan. But what happens when the government ...

Try this experiment some time. It was shown to me in medical school. Take a brand new box of pristine sticks of chalk - you know - the kind...

Overlawered has the story. Sick. Just sick. -Wes

... you might want to check the bus : For weeks, Tony Anders' daughter complained to her dad about the cigarette smoke on her school bus...