Prison officers want smoking ban introduced (RT News)
The Prison Officers' Association is seeking to have the smoking ban introduced into prisons because it says the health and welfare of staff and inmates are being damaged.
Source: www.rte.ie

'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

Basescu has a month to quit smoking (Nine O'Clock)
President Basescu only has a few weeks to quit smoking as he promised, that is exactly the period needed by the Ministry of Public Finances and the Ministry of Health to draft the norms for the implementation of the tax on vices.
Source: www.nineoclock.ro

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

Our View Smoking costly for the state (Mankato Free Press)
It doesn t take a rocket scientist to figure out smoking will run up health care costs exponentially.
Source: www.mankatofreepress.com

More Smokers Quit After N.J. Ban Takes Effect (Join Together Online)
New Jersey quit-smoking centers have seen interest spike since the state passed a law banning most indoor smoking, WNBC-TV reported April 28.
Source: www.jointogether.org

New kind of drug could increase number who quit smoking (EurekAlert!)
The neurobiological basis for partial agonist treatment of nicotine dependence: varenicline. J Foulds, Tobacco Dependence Program, UMDNJ School of Public Health, New Brunswick, NJ, USA. IJCP, the International Journal of Clinical Practice. Volume 60.5, pages 571-576 (May 2006).
Source: www.eurekalert.org

MSU researchers releases findings on smoking concerns (WREG-TV Memphis)
STARKVILLE, Miss. A Mississippi State University researcher says that while a growing majority of Americans favor smoking restrictions in public places, many adults still expose their children to health risks by lighting up at home.
Source: www.wreg.com

Smoking ban may be driving some to quit (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
ASSOCIATED PRESS Passed in the hope of clearing secondhand smoke indoors, New Jersey's two-week-old smoking ban is having a beneficial side effect - encouraging smokers to quit. Increasingly, they are reaching out for help from state-funded quit centers.
Source: www.twincities.com