SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- In a continuing effort to keep students safe, some high schools in Oakland, CA have just launched a new "text-a-tip" program. This cell phone texting ...

More than 2 million American middle and high school students now use e-cigarettes, also known as “vaping." A clinical trial found that teens enrolled in the “This is Quitting” anonymous text message ...

The New York health department has launched a new campaign to help young adults overcome their nicotine addictions. The DropTheVape texting program is a partnership between the department’s tobacco ...

A program that uses text messages to help people quit vaping appears to have some success. The non-profit "Truth Initiative" studied almost 2,600 people who signed up for the service. It works by ...

Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) has allocated $1 million for Minnesota-based Canvas Health's suicide prevention texting program, called Txt4Life. The state is providing $500,000 per year ...

ST. LOUIS -- Homeless St. Louis youths who are hungry will be just a text message away from a meal under a pilot program a company is planning to launch. Not Impossible Labs LLC, a Venice, ...