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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,” […]

Colorado kids say tobacco is nasty. Wednesday, March 18 is Kick Butts Day, a national day of activism in the anti-tobacco campaign with a “for kids, by kids” approach. It’s important when you consider that while 3% of Colorado middle school students use, that percentage jumps to 17% in high school. To get a head […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

AURORA, Colo. — A 52-year-old man was sentenced to life in prison Friday  for a fatal stabbing at an Aurora motel last year. Jeffrey Alan Banworth was found guilty of first-degree murder in the stabbing death of Ryan Siefford last December, said Sue Lindsay of the 17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office. Siefford, 32, was stabbed […]

NORTHGLENN, Colo. — Northglenn Police helped two adults and three children safely escape an early-morning house fire Wednesday that started as a result of discarded cigarettes in a flower pot, North Metro Fire Rescue said. A resident woke up and saw flames coming from her neighbor’s back patio at 11372 Lincoln Drive and called 911 […]

DENVER — E-cigarettes are smokeless, tobacco-free, and now ads promoting their use could be banned. Dan Daru explains in his video report what action Colorado lawmakers are taking to protect children.

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 — Lawmakers Wednesday voted down a proposal to raise the minimum age requirement for buying cigarettes to 21, a bipartisan proposal that split both Democratic and Republican caucuses. The House Finance Committee voted down House Bill 1263 on a vote of 6-7 with Rep. Daniel Kagan, D-Denver, joining the six Republicans on the panel […]

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 […]