'Teachable' 9/11 Moment Helped Smokers Quit (New York Times)
A smoking-cessation program for New York City firefighters in the months after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks was a success.
Source: www.nytimes.com

Smoking ban in future? (phillyburbs.com)
First New York and Connecticut did it, now New Jersey has done it. It's just a matter of time before Pennsylvania does it. What am I talking about? The recent bans on smoking and the call for it to happen next in Pennsylvania. What does this mean for bowling in Lower Bucks County?
Source: www.phillyburbs.com

New Kind Of Drug Could Increase Number Who Quit Smoking (Science Daily)
Smokers are twice as likely to quit if they use medication, but 80% will be smoking again within a year. These success rates could be improved with a new kind of drug currently being evaluated by the FDA under a six-month priority review, according to a leading smoking research centre.
Source: www.sciencedaily.com

Smoking Gap Between Blacks and Whites Still Too Large (Baltimore Times)
WASHINGTON (NNPA) - Cigarette smoking and lung cancer mortality rates overall are declining in the U. S., but lung cancer death disparities between the races - Blacks and Whites - remain alarming, leading health care and anti-smoking experts say.
Source: www.btimes.com