The Department of Health (DOH) Regional Office 8 has declared Maasin City College as the Best Smoke-Free College throughout Eastern Visayas.

Fewer Ontario teens are getting behind the wheel after drinking alcohol and teen smoking is at an all-time low in the province, according to new research from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.

It took Tom Heger many attempts before he was finally able to quit smoking after 20 years wedded to the habit. He was finally able to break free of his addiction this year, with the aid of medication, but it was a hard road that made Heger, 42, of Norwalk, wish there was a simpler solution.