Record numbers set to quit smoking (Virgin.net)
Five million smokers - a record number - will try to give up as part of this year's annual No Smoking Day on March 8, it was claimed. Each year millions of smokers attempt to quit en masse spurred on by the annual health awareness campaign.
Source: headlines.virgin.net
SOAP STARS BATTLE TO RIVER QUITTY (Sunday Mail)
RIVER CITY stars have joined the rush to quit smoking before it is banned on March 26. We challenged the soap's Gilly Gilchrist, who plays lawyer Archie Buchanan, and Deirdre Davis - barmaid Eileen Donachie - to stub out the fags.
Source: www.sundaymail.co.uk
JD Wetherspoon - smoking ban put on hold (ic Birmingham)
Pubs group JD Wetherspoon - owner of the Square Peg on Corporation Street, Birmingham - has decided to scrap plans to put a halt to smoking in all its pubs within the next three months.
Source: icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk
Listen up and stop smoking (Quad-City Times)
Q: I read about a woman who used auricular therapy to stop smoking. Exactly what is auricular therapy? A: Auricular therapy is a technique to help people stop smoking, using stimulation to the exterior of the ear to help take the patient past the withdrawal stage. It works sort of like acupuncture.
Source: www.qctimes.net
