March 27, 2006
Quit smoking - Around Indiana (Louisville Courier-Journal)
Around Indiana (Louisville Courier-Journal)
The Indiana Tobacco Quitline, which offers telephone guidance to help people stop smoking, is available for use by residents across the state. Smokers and others can call (800) QUIT-NOW for telephone counseling and information from a "quit coach" on how to stop smoking.
Source: www.courier-journal.com
High-tech cigarette case aims to help smokers quit (News 8 Austin)
A new computerized cigarette case offers a high-tech answer to help smokers trying to quit.
Source: www.news8austin.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
More smoking bans in the air (Chicago Tribune)
New restrictions ban lighting up in hotels, rail lines, restaurants More countries, states, cities, hotels and rail services have recently moved to ban smoking. Among the recent changes:
Source: feeds.chicagotribune.com
Quit-smoking boycott threat (Sydney Morning Herald)
JUST a week after the pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline announced it would sell quit smoking products such as patches and gum in supermarkets, some pharmacists have vowed to boycott the company's nicotine replacement products in protest. -
Source: www.smh.com.au

