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After her provocative twerking at the MTV Video Music Awards over the summer, what did Miley Cyrus do for an encore at the European version of the ceremony, held in Amsterdam, on Sunday night? She lit up a marijuana joint maybe.

It appears as if some smokers have been forced to either kick the habit or go broke, as a new study recently found that a massive tobacco tax increase may be responsible for the decline in smokers in this country, specifically among teens, the lower class and those who receive welfare.

Good girl gone bad indeed! Rihanna was photographed this weekend smoking a hand rolled cigarette. While we can’t say for sure what was rolled in it, the ‘You Da One‘ singer pretty much revealed it on Twitter. Quoting a lyric from her pal (and rumored former flame) Drake‘s track ‘Up All Night,’ RiRi tweeted, “Kush rolled, glass full…I prefer the better things...

While surveys consistently show that more than 3 out of 4 smokers would like to quit, only about 10 percent of those who try each year are successful. Fortunately, new studies show one way to raise those numbers is to treat smoking as a chronic disease — like high blood pressure — for which long-term treatment is offered...