Health roundup: 19% still smoke, but they smoke less - SMTP

http://tinyurl.com/d9h5c9c - Election clears path for Minn. health exchange

Republican lawmakers who refused to help Gov. Mark Dayton develop Minnesota's online health insurance marketplace while they hoped for a changing of the guard in Washington will now be on the sidelines while Democrats move ahead.

Northeast Health president is stepping down

Ken Hanover, who as president of Northeast Health System helped oversee the company's merger with Lahey Clinic last spring, will resign from his post next week and leave the organization at the end of the year. Hanover joined Northeast three years ago.

Health roundup: 19% still smoke, but they smoke less

2012 - Your Friday morning health roundup: Smoking less: Nearly 44 million U.S. adults, or 19%, still smoke, but those who do are lighting up fewer cigarettes in a day, continuing a trend seen in recent years, says the latest report from the federal .. .and more »