Tim McAfee, Chief Medical Officer, Clinical Behavioral Sciences:   The federal panel that recommends what immunizations Americans should get has determined that all adult smokers should be immunized against a bacteria that causes pneumonia and meningitis (the pneumococcal vaccine). ... [More]

Tim McAfee, Chief Medical Officer:   I just put my wife on a plane to Amsterdam today. I’ll be a single parent for a week, and it's all because of smoking. She is going for a last visit with her Aunt Gerda, who at the age of 75, was recently diagnosed with Stage-4 lung cancer... [More]

Tim McAfee, Chief Medical Officer:    We are bombarded by information every day about things in modern life that are “bad” for us. Often a year later, we hear that what was “bad” is now “good,” or at least not as “bad” as we thought.... [More]