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Cathy's daughter Kylee turns 18 today.  Happy Birthday Ky!  We called her today to wish her a happy birthday on the Breakfast Club and I shared a few things that she can do now.  Here's the list I scribbled down.

Scientists in San Diego are developing new vaccines that will potentially cure addictions, allowing cigarette and drug abusers to kick their habits with a simple injection. Dr. Kim D. Janda, a Scripps Research Institute professor, is one of the leading experts, having made addiction vaccines his main priority for the past 25 years. “We view this as an alternative or better way for some people,” he

We all know smoking is bad for you and of course raises your risk of cancer.  A surprising study now reveals that people who smoke within thirty minutes of waking double their risk of cancers.  Why?

TV reporter Brad Woodward picked about the worst time possible to be caught taking a smoke break. The five-year veteran of KHOU news in Houston was happily puffing away when the anchors cut to his coverage of an oil fire.

A while back, the FDA was granted permission from President Obama to further control the warning messages and labeling on cigarette packs.  They could be taking effect soon, and some of them are pretty shocking images.  The FDA is hoping that this will convince and help push smokers to quit...

The brilliant ladies of MTV's 'Teen Mom' may have met their match in Charlie Wilcox. Wilcox, a British mother who smoked 3,500 cigarettes while pregnant, claims all that nicotine was actually healthy for her newborn daughter because it made the girl's heart work harder since it restricted her oxygen supply while in utero.