Want help to quit smoking? Make the call (Connersville News-Examiner)
Smokers wishing to kick the tobacco habit now have help through the Indiana Tobacco Quitline: 1-800-QUIT-NOW. The toll free statewide telephone line that opened for business last week is a partnership with Smokefree Indiana and Free & Clear Inc.
Source: www.newsexaminer.com

Quit smoking rate halved (The Australian)
AUSTRALIA'S campaign to get people to give up smoking is in need of an overhaul, a long-time anti-smoking campaigner says. The rate at which people quit smoking was only half that of 14 years ago, said Stephen Woodward, who was appointed the nation's first full-time anti-smoking lobbyist in 1980.
Source: www.theaustralian.news.com.au

Union wants smoking breach penalties clarified (ABC via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News)
The union representing Commonwealth public servants who are to be banned from smoking during work time, says it wants to clarify what sanctions will be handed out to those who breach the new policy.
Source: au.news.yahoo.com

Business as usual as smokers try to quit (The Galloway News)
AS THE smoking ban became law at the weekend, smokers are turning to the local health board s helpline to try to kick the habit. The Dumfries and Galloway helpline has been receiving an average of 260 calls a month.
Source: icdumfries.icnetwork.co.uk

`Smoking' is about thinking for yourself (Chicago Tribune)
"Thank You For Smoking" is a satire with particular bite in Washington these days, as it hinges on the exploits of Nick Naylor, a seemingly soulless tobacco lobbyist.
Source: feeds.chicagotribune.com

Study gives men another reason to quit smoking (Tallahassee Democrat)
Smoking can shorten lives, and a new study finds it may also hamper men's sex lives. Researchers say men who smoke a pack of cigarettes or more a day are nearly 40 percent more likely to have erectile dysfunction compared with nonsmokers.
Source: www.tallahassee.com