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NEW YORK — Cinderella’s fairy godmother turned a pumpkin into a golden carriage. If only we were so lucky. We sampled some of the many pumpkin-spiced food and beverages on the market. There are now so many of them, there might as well be a pumpkin ETF. The ticker symbol PMKN is available, in case […]

GOLDEN, Colo. — A popular Colorado tourist spot is going smoke free. Starting next year, you could be fined $50 for lighting up or vaping in public in Golden. The ban includes outdoor areas for a part of Golden where supporters of the move say there are so many bars and restaurants that there’s just […]

PARKER, Colo. — The City of Parker has banned e-cigarettes for minors.  It joins a growing number of communities cracking down on the devices  including Edgewater, Lakewood and Ft. Collins. E-cigarettes help to gradually reduce the amount of nicotine until the user is weaned off of it. A new study, partly funded by the National […]

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — A ban on electronic cigarettes goes into effect in Fort Collins on Saturday. The law, passed by the city council on Tuesday, bans e-cigarettes anywhere conventional smoking is prohibited as well. Also, all hotel and motel rooms in the city will have to become 100 percent smoke-free. Previously 75 percent of […]

The United States may be winning the war on cigarettes. After decades of public service announcements about the dangers of smoking, fewer teens are lighting up. But if you ask young Americans about smoking tobacco through a hookah, also called a waterpipe or shisha, there’s a good chance you won’t find the same level of […]

DENVER — Here are your 10 Things to Know for Tuesday, June 24, 2014. 1. Woman, dog escape Aurora house fire A woman and her dog escaped their home after it caught fire in the early-morning hours. No cause has been determined. 2. Denver allocates $2 million for more officers The Denver City Council approved […]

GOLDEN, Colo. — The City of Golden is looking to extinguish smoking from its more popular places, adding to a cigarette and e-cigarette ban that’s already in place along Clear Creek. City Manager Mike Bestor said, “We take a zero-tolerance to it, all along the creek, other than that, we’re just like everybody else.” The […]

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A hospital in Annapolis, Maryland recently announced it will stop hiring employees who use tobacco. Anne Arundel Medical Center made the move on Thursday. “We want to have a healthy workforce; a healthy environment for our patients and our visitors.” Dr. Stephen Cattaneo tells WJZ that for the center’s 4,000 employees it’s […]

CENTENNIAL, Colo. — Why would someone in Colorado, a state where you can now buy marijuana legally, purchase the synthetic drug commonly known as “Spice?” Considering the drug’s obscurity, the complicated process of manufacturing it, and the fact that it’s as dangerous as it is illegal — both locally and federally — why would anyone […]

DENVER — More than a million teens are now using e-cigarettes, that number doubling in just one year.  The FDA and American Cancer Society say the problem has gotten out of control. “There’s so much unknown about e-cigarettes, there are health effects, potentially, and in many states E-cigarettes aren’t illegal for young people to purchase,” […]

Many couples spend years trying not to get pregnant, so it’s only understandable that they may have a few issues when it comes to trying to have a child. Just like when you become a parent, there is no written manual on how to get pregnant. For one in six couples, infertility issues are an […]

DENVER — E-cigarettes are designed for people who want to quit smoking by gradually reducing the amount of nicotine they use.  The units have a mechanism that heats up flavored liquid nicotine … turning it into a vapor. Maggie Myers says e-cigarettes helped wean her off smoking after spending two decades trying to quit and […]