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NEW YORK, May 5 (UPI) -- New York City reached its lowest rate of smoking on record -- 15.8 percent, with 350,000 fewer smokers than in 2002, city health officials said.
NEW YORK, April 8 (UPI) -- More than half of New York City non-smokers have been exposed to second-hand smoke at levels high enough to leave residues in the body, researchers said.
NEW YORK, March 31 (UPI) -- New York City smokers will soon pay $9 or more for a pack of cigarettes, or about $275 a month for those smoking a pack a day, health officials said.
NEW YORK, March 30 (UPI) -- Parents who smoke should think seriously about the impact their death would have on their children, a media campaign by New York City health officials says.
NEW YORK, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Influenza has been detected in New York City, but city health officials say there is still time to get a flu short.
NEW YORK, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- Influenza and its potential complication pneumonia are the third leading cause of death in New York City, but preventable with a flu shot, officials said.
NEW YORK, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- Matchbooks distributed by the New York City health department have images of ravaged lungs, rotting gums and large, painful tumors, officials said.
NEW YORK, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- New York City's infant mortality rate fell again in 2007, reaching the lowest level ever recorded, city health department officials said.
NEW YORK, June 26 (UPI) -- The New York City Health Department launched a plan Thursday to have all Bronx residents tested for HIV during the next three years.
NEW YORK, June 16 (UPI) -- One in eight Lower Manhattan residents likely had post-traumatic stress disorder two to three years after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, a study found.
