by University of Michigan Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain When it comes to health insurance, prescription drugs and other health costs, January 2025 was not a boring month. The new year brought a new Congress, several executive orders from a new president, many new people serving in statehouses, and new laws going into effect. So now what?...
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California’s anti-smoking push spurs big savings on health costs, finds study of program’s 30-year history
by Laura Kurtzman, University of California, San Francisco Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In the late 1980s, when smoking was still allowed on some airline flights, California boosted its tax on cigarettes from 10 to 35 cents a pack, devoting 5 cents to programs to prevent smoking. The newly created California Tobacco Control Program funded anti-tobacco...