Vaping is everywhere these days, even more than traditional cigarette smoking.

The FDA is working to ban menthol cigarettes.

 

When we talk about addiction on this show, it's often around drugs and alcohol.

Along with hitting the gym more often and starting a diet, quitting smoking tops many New Year’s resolution lists.

As a parent, we do our best to know what our children are doing when we can't be with them. But when it comes to vaping and e-cigarettes, they're a bit easier to hide than traditional marijuana use or cigarette smoking.

As a parent, we do our best to know what our children are doing when we can't be with them. But when it comes to vaping and e-cigarettes, they're a bit easier to hide than traditional marijuana use or cigarette smoking.

Lung health and function are not easily ignored. Each day, the average human takes somewhere between 16,000 and 30,000 breaths. So many of us breathe effortlessly on a daily basis, but for others, it is a constant battle to make it through their day. 

October is the time to celebrate happy lungs and to understand issues for serious lung problems.

Do you enjoy smoking but despise the negative health effects? Do you find that vaping nicotine as a smoking alternative just isn’t cutting it for you? 

Don’t fret. Take the healthy path instead. 

These four smoking and vaping alternatives are much safer. They’re also completely natural.

On average, a person takes approximately 17,000-23,000 breaths a day. The number varies based on several factors, including a person’s lifestyle and environment. 

This statistic proves just how important the lungs are. You are constantly using them to fuel the rest of your body.

Lungs act at the first point of contact for oxygen as it enters the body. From there, oxygen is dispersed throughout the bloodstream, being carried to cells throughout the body. Each cell transfers carbon dioxide when it receives oxygen. The blood carries the carbon dioxide back to the lungs where it is removed through exhaling. This gas exchange is necessary for everyday functioning.

In order to keep this process going, it’s crucial to keep your lungs healthy. Lung-related health complications can negatively affect the oxygen flow to your cells, along with a variety of other body processes. These ailments vary from viruses and colds to chronic conditions and lifelong sickness and cancer. Certain lung conditions can be hereditary, or caused by genetics. Such conditions include asthma, cystic fibrosis, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). 

However, certain lung conditions are non-inheritable; that is, caused by environmental and lifestyle factors. While not always 100% preventable, these conditions can be avoided.

Dr. Friedman and Kim discuss disfiguring explosions from e-cigarettes, as well as cancer-causing laminate flooring.

What are some of the misconceptions smokers have about quitting?

Former Surgeon General Dr. David Satcher discusses why smoking and tobacco is still such a rampant problem in the U.S.

Quitting doesn't have to be hard, it just depends on how you decide to quit.

Marijuana smoke doesn't contain nicotine, so why would it be harmful?

What really IS hypnosis? And, can anyone fall under this "spell"?

Listen in as Dr. Mike provides the answers to a wealth of health and wellness questions.

Why is the American Lung Association concerned with e-cigarettes?

Listen in as Pam and Michelle answer your personal health questions.

Listen in as Pam and Michelle answer your personal health questions.

Kicking the habit is one of the best ways to boost your health, yet just 4-7% of smokers successfully quit on any given attempt.

Diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke and more are all health risks of inactivity.

Diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke and more are all health risks of inactivity.

Did you know smoking affects women's health a little differently than men's?

Did you know that with the help of certain foods you can rid your body of nicotine faster?

Contrary to popular belief, marijuana can actually disrupt your sleep pattern and cause greater sleep problems to arise.

E-Cigarette sales are exploding while advocates and opponents are passionately debating how society should respond.

Did you know that the physical withdrawals of quitting smoking truly will go away after a few days? You can get through this.

HPV is a major contributing factor to head and neck cancer, resulting in increased diagnoses in the younger population.

According to the CDC, an estimated 42.1 million people smoke tobacco cigarettes. Are e-cigarettes any better for you?

Can e-cigarettes poison your children? A new CDC study says such occurrences are on the rise.

As a nation we have made progress in reducing tobacco use among youth; however, far too many young people are still getting hooked.

A new study looked at states that decriminalized marijuana and found an increase in the number of children requiring medical intervention.

The epidemic of cigarette smoking has caused an enormous public health catastrophe in the U.S.