State Scores Low On Smoking Cessation And Researching The East Palestine Derailment, This West Virginia Morning

On this West Virginia Morning, the American Lung Association has released its annual “State of Tobacco Control” report and West Virginia again earned failing grades. Health reporter Emily Rice spoke with Dr. Robert Heron, a General Thoracic Surgeon at WVU Hospital about the health implications of long-term tobacco use.

And two years since a Norfolk Southern train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, and industrial chemicals contaminated the community and made hundreds of residents sick. Many have since tried to put this incident behind them, but some still worry about future health impacts. The Allegheny Front’s Julie Grant reports how researchers are stepping in.

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Maria Young produced this episode.

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