Image from Brian Yurasits (Instagram @wildlife_by_yuri) at a New Hampshire Beach Cleanup Welcome to the fifth year of Air Health Our Health! This posts accompanies today’s “Back to School” podcast…
Photo Courtesy of California Department of Public Health Happy World No Tobacco Day! I’m breaking the tradition of releasing on the first Monday of the month because World No Tobacco…
Over the last several years, I have gotten to know Carrie Nyssen of the American Lung Association. She works tirelessly to advocate to our state level policy makers about the…
Clear sky photo I took in my neighborhood on good AQI day- original website background Spring time is always a time to hope for better days ahead. Most importantly for…
It is very interesting how certain fruity or other favorite flavors of childhood are often seen as safe, even when we are inhaling them. Many seem to think that just…
Welcome to Season Three of the Air Health Our Health podcast! It is back to school season, and across the country, kids will be exposed to vaping and e-cigarette devices…
Today's podcast episode explores a specific county-level fight over flavored tobacco products. I talk to three people working hard to keep our kids from developing a lifelong addiction to tobacco-…
In addition to being a lung doctor, I am the mother of three young children. I often struggle with how to understand what the Air Quality Index means for my…
Big Tobacco works hard to addict young brains before the age of 21, and employs a host of strategies to attract our kids. I have recently been serving on the…
“My generation was so so close to being one of the first Tobacco-free generations ever… we almost escaped…. It makes me really angry.” Youth tobacco use had fallen significantly across…