Workers pay for smoking (New York Daily News)
Smokers already feeling pressure from increasing cigarette costs and workplace smoking bans are now feeling squeezed from another direction - health insurance premiums.
Source: www.nydailynews.com
Study gives smokers a chance to STOP (Fort Frances Times)
With the Smoke-free Ontario Act coming into effect on May 31, smokers will be feeling more pressure than ever to quit in the year ahead. And a new smoking cessation study, called the Smoking Treatment for Ontario Patients (STOP), is giving them the chance to try butting out for good at no cost.
Source: www.fftimes.com
Silent majority' needs to speak up on smoking ban (Purdue Exponent)
Thanks to all the brave community leaders who helped spearhead the smoking ban in West Lafayette! Even though it was defeated for now, at least we have started a dialogue about the desperate need to limit secondhand smoke. It woke us up (the silent majority) to the fact that we need to speak out.
Source: www.purdueexponent.org
More firms charge higher health premiums for smokers (Houston Chronicle)
Smokers already feeling pressure from increasing cigarette costs and workplace smoking bans are now feeling squeezed from another direction health insurance premiums.
Source: feeds.chron.com
Much of Europe Bans Smoking; Germany Keeps Puffing Away (Deutsche Welle)
While Britain becomes the latest European country to prohibit smoking in public places, Germany seems adamant about clinging to the unhealthy habit.
Source: www.dw-world.de
Council should reopen smoking ordinance (Purdue Exponent)
With the recent debate over the smoking ordinance, I am disappointed by the lack of student voice on supporting legislation for smoke-free air. Restaurant and bar owners showed up by the dozen at the City Council meetings, yet where was the population that makes up a majority of their business?
Source: www.purdueexponent.org
Pill to lose weight, quit smoking may be around bend (NorthJersey.com)
Sanofi-Aventis' anti-obesity medication Acomplia showed "modest but sustained" results in helping obese and overweight patients lose pounds, according to the results of a study published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Source: www.northjersey.com
Employers charging smokers extra on company health plans (Inside Bay Area)
CINCINNATI Smokers already feeling pressure from increasing cigarette costs and workplace smoking bans are now feeling squeezed from another direction health insurance premiums.
Source: www.insidebayarea.com
Smoking ban hopes for heater firm (BBC News)
A Worcestershire importer of outdoor heaters is predicting sales to soar with the start of the smoking ban.
Source: news.bbc.co.uk
Premiums aim at smoking habits (The Olympian)
CINCINNATI Smokers squeezed by soaring cigarette costs and workplace smoking bans are increasingly being hit with another cost increase this time for health insurance.
Source: www.theolympian.com
Surgery May Be Best Time to Quit Smoking (MedicineNet.com)
Title: Surgery May Be Best Time to Quit Smoking Category: Health News Created: 2/14/2006 1:58:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 2/14/2006 1:58:14 AM
Source: www.medicinenet.com
