Fifty years after the first Surgeon General’s report on smoking, a growing body of research points to the devastating impact of tobacco. From the lungs to the liver, the recent Surgeon General’s Report outlines how tobacco, including secondhand s...
CommentsAS SEEN ON PACE USAToday's guest post is written by Tasha Tilghman-Bryant, MPA, Director, Strategic Initiatives and Communications at C-Change. She shares information about cancer disparities and what C-Change is doing to conquer it at the commun...
CommentsIn observance of Earth Day, on April 22nd, 2014, 10 Legacy employees volunteered their time to kick cigarette butts out of Dupont Circle Park in Washington, D.C. A total of 4.57 pounds of butts were collected, from various parts of the park – ye...
CommentsThe following is a guest post by Susy Alkaitis, Deputy Director at Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics. The dangers from smoking don’t stop once a cigarette is stubbed out. Cigarette butts leach toxic chemicals and carcinogens that pollute t...
CommentsTHE FOLLOWING POST IS WRITTEN BY BOB GORDON AND IS FEATURED ON JOINTOGETHER.ORG.By now, almost everyone has heard the big announcement from CVS/pharmacy that their stores will become tobacco-free by October 1. This is a significant milestone, and...
CommentsGuest blogger, Kenneth E. Warner, PhD is a Professor at the School of Public Health at the University of Michigan, and a Founding Member of the Board of Directors for Legacy. When I opened a Legacy-sponsored panel discussion at the National Press...
CommentsFor National Public Health Week 2014, Executive Director for American Public Health Association (APHA) and Director Designate to the Legacy Board of Directors, Dr. Georges Benjamin shares his insight on raising awareness about our nation’s health...
CommentsApril is National Donate Life Month, and it is celebrated across the United States to honor the donors and recipients that have been affected by organ, eye and tissue donation. Below is the story of Joanne. Joanne is a member of BecomeAnEX.org, a...
CommentsWhen you’re ill and your physician provides you with a prescription to help you heal, a simple call to your local pharmacist can speed needed medicines right when you need them most. It was a national “Ah Ha! Moment” then, when CVS Pharmacy rece...
CommentsAS SEEN ON JOINTOGETHER.ORGLast week, the beloved actor Leonard Nimoy, best known for his role as Mr. Spock on “Star Trek,” tweeted that he had been diagnosed with a lung disease caused by smoking cigarettes. He tweeted, “I quit smoking 30 yrs ag...
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