Filter Presents: Smoking Popes LA Show + Soundcheck Party (Filter Magazine)
Once in a while, a band casts a shadow much greater than anyone may have thought possible. And, that happens to be the story the story of the Smoking Popes . Filter likes these kinds of bands. So much so that we are presenting their upcoming LA show Hollywood's Knitting Factory on Saturday May 27.
Source: www.filter-mag.com

Saving more than your health (The Scotsman: Business)
IT HAS been almost two months since smoking in public places was banned north of the Border. Sales of nicotine replacement products have doubled and gym membership rocketed as scores of smokers give up.
Source: business.scotsman.com

Smoking costs a lot (Minnesota Public Radio)
Smokers are trying to find a way to cope with the rising price of cigarettes.
Source: minnesota.publicradio.org

Texas Stop-Smoking Funding Lags (Join Together Online)
A pilot stop-smoking program in Beaumont and Port Arthur, Texas cut adult smoking from 22 percent to 16 percent over four years, but state lawmakers have failed to build on that success by expanding the effort to other parts of the state, the San Antonio Express-News reported May 13.
Source: www.jointogether.org

State considers putting pinch on treatments (Montgomery Advertiser)
BIRMINGHAM — A new Pelham business is stapling people's ears to help them lose weight and stop smoking. The owners of Staple Thin say inserting a staple into specific pressure points in the outer ear reduces hunger and nicotine cravings.
Source: www.accessmontgomery.com

Blood test predicts success of quitting smoking using the nicotine patch (EurekAlert!)
(Philadelphia, PA) A blood test may enable doctors to predict which smokers using the nicotine patch are likely to experience the least amount of cravings and have the highest probability of success in quitting cigarettes, according to the results of a study in the June issus of the Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics.
Source: www.eurekalert.org

Bill Would Limit Smoking When Kids are In The Car (WTOL News 11)
LANSING, MICHIGAN (AP) — Smoking in a motor vehicle with a passenger under 4 years old would become illegal in Michigan under terms of legislation pending in the state House. The proposed penalty would be a civil infraction or a ticket.
Source: www.wtol.com