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Tag: smoking

TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH : False positives plague lung cancer screening

TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH : False positives plague lung cancer screening

— June 27, 2022

DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m a 74-year-old female who smoked a pack a day for 40-plus years, having quit smoking about 18 years ago. As a precaution, I asked my primary doctor to order a screening…

  • Survey: Half of Illinois high school students report using e-tobacco

    Survey: Half of Illinois high school students report using e-tobacco

    — August 26, 2020

    SPRINGFIELD — Half of Illinois high school students reported using an electronic tobacco product last year, a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey found, “erasing…

  • These everyday habits could be causing your back pain

    These everyday habits could be causing your back pain

    — October 21, 2019

    While your daily habits may not be a pain in the neck, they could be the cause of the pain in your back. “When you are younger, you may not notice that some of the things you’re…

  • Advocates push for $1-per-pack tax increase on cigarettes

    Advocates push for $1-per-pack tax increase on cigarettes

    — May 4, 2019

    SPRINGFIELD — Anti-smoking advocates with the American Cancer Society want Illinois lawmakers to hike the tax on a pack of cigarettes by $1. It is a proposal backed by Democratic…

  • Leavitt: What do you do after you kill your mother?

    Leavitt: What do you do after you kill your mother?

    — February 13, 2019

    I killed my mother. My friends argue with me when I say that. They say it’s not true, that what happened was not my fault. But it is true, and it was my fault. And I live with that…

  • Illinois EPA tackling next vaping dilemma: toxic waste

    Illinois EPA tackling next vaping dilemma: toxic waste

    — March 5, 2020

    SPRINGFIELD — As people worry about the negative effects that electronic cigarettes and vaping pens may have on users’ health, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency is worried…

  • Vaping could soon be added to Illinois smoking ban

    Vaping could soon be added to Illinois smoking ban

    — June 1, 2019

    SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Senate is considering a bill that would expand the state’s general ban on smoking in public places to include e-cigarettes and other alternative nicotine…

  • Is this the year ‘Tobacco 21’ breaks through to become law?

    Is this the year ‘Tobacco 21’ breaks through to become law?

    — February 23, 2019

    SPRINGFIELD — Lawmakers and advocates have tried to hike the minimum age to purchase tobacco products in Illinois for three years, each time making the push first in the Senate. This…

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