A New York City health code regulation set to go into effect on Jan. 1 would have added some disturbing images to the Big Apple’s glittering background of advertising: Hideously accurate ads depicting the results of smoking. Bu…
The industry just lost an $80 million verdict to a smoker’s daughter. After losing about a dozen earlier cases, tobacco had won the eight decisions right before this one, suggesting that it had figured out how to win. But the l…
A new study from Columbia University finds that the reasons America is lagging other countries aren’t the commonly cited obesity, smoking, traffic fatalities and homicide. Rather, the problem has been poor health care, or rathe…
True, not everyone needs life insurance, but if anyone else depends on you to bring home a paycheck, you need it. Luckily, now’s a great time to buy. Finance expert Jean Chatzky tells you what you need to know.
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Shares of Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis were up about 1.5% in morning trading Monday following its announcement over the weekend that its Onbrez Breezhaler was found to be more effective at treating lung disease than a…