New smoking cessation drug looks promising — HealthandAge (HealthandAge)
Varenicline helps smokers quit, according to recent clinical trials. It's tough giving up smoking and relapse is common. Medication and counseling help but there is a clear need for new approaches.
Source: www.healthandage.com

City Council ponders smoking ban on beach and pier (Pacifica Tribune)
Butts on the beach may soon be a thing of the past if Pacifica City Council passes an ordinance that bans smoking on the sand and at the pier.
Source: www.pacificatribune.com

Whose Life Is It Anyway? (CBS News)
Are employers' efforts to control private behavior, such as smoking, responsible policy or lifestyle discrimination? Morley Safer reports on a growing trend among employers to create "wellness programs."
Source: www.cbsnews.com

City considers changes to smoking ban (The Farmington Daily Times)
FARMINGTON After another two hours of public discussion, city councilors are now considering amendments to a proposed smoking ban including one that would affect bars within Farmington.
Source: www.daily-times.com

Study says eating fish and not smoking reduces risk of common blindness (EARTHtimes.org)
Researchers have given people one more reason to eat a diet rich in fish and to quit smoking, as shown by a new study. Smoking increases the risk of age related macular degeneration (AMD), which is the primary cause of blindness among the elderly while eating fish cuts down the risk, thus helping to save their vision.
Source: www.earthtimes.org

I am somebody who has managed to quit smoking, it took a lot of determination and will power, there were many periods where I was seemingly desperate and had mad cravings for just one last cigarette, however I was able somehow to resist. In this article, I will be giving some advice about how I managed to successfully stop this nasty and unhealthy habit, advice which I hope will help other people to also quit.

I had tried many times to stop smoking cigarettes and had always failed after only a few days. What I needed to do, was to try to work out why these previous attempts had failed and to hopefully learn from my mistakes. In my new quest to stop smoking, I would need to have a whole new approach from any that I have had in the past, an approach which may result in success rather than the normal failure.

I decided that I would only try again to stop smoking, when my life was in what I classed as a good period. I am the kind of person who easily becomes stressed and I can make the slightest problem seem like the biggest disaster. When I feel that things are not going well in my life, cigarettes become like my friend. At least I have something to look forward to do in that day, smoking. When I am doing well and am happy, I have far less of a need to smoke, therefore this will be the type of period, when I will start yet again to quit the fags.

When attempting to stop smoking in the past, I have always told everybody. This is a big mistake as to quit it is important that you stop thinking about cigarettes completely. When you are constantly being asked about how you are finding giving up the cigarettes, it is like a constant reminder to you. By going about it in a quiet way, maybe only telling your closest family members and friends, makes it a whole lot easier.

As well as quitting smoking, I also decided to seriously reduce my intake of alcohol. When I had failed in the past, it was normally because I had been drunk and could no longer bat away the voices in my head that were telling me to smoke. The alcohol weakened my resolve and increased the amount and severity of the cravings. It was important therefore to massively reduce the amount of alcohol that I was drinking.

Another reason why I had failed in my previous attempts to quit smoking, was possibly due to spending too much time with other people who smoked. I decided that in this new quest, I would attempt to stay away from other smokers as much as I could. This was not that easy as quite a lot of my friends are smokers. I had to be determined and make sacrifices. What I am attempting to do could have a very positive affect on my life, I therefore have to have the courage to do everything in my power that I think will help to lead to a successful conclusion.

I hope this article acts as an inspiration for other people to stop smoking.

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Seeking smoking exemption a tough call (Philly.com)
To Joe Regan, applying for an exemption to the city's proposed smoking ban seems like a no-brainer. "If I don't," the 67-year-old bar-owner said, "I could go out of business."
Source: www.philly.com

New smoking cessation drug looks promising — HealthandAge (HealthandAge)
Varenicline helps smokers quit, according to recent clinical trials. It's tough giving up smoking and relapse is common. Medication and counseling help but there is a clear need for new approaches.
Source: www.healthandage.com

Youth Anti-Tobacco Activists From Around the World to Rally July 13 Against Smoking in Movies; Rally at MPAA (U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News)
Youth anti-tobacco activists from around the world will march to the headquarters of the Motion Picture Association of American (MPAA) in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, July 13, and hold a press conference calling on the MPAA to take action to reduce smoking in the movies, including requiring an "R" rating for any movies with a non-historical depiction of smoking.
Source: news.yahoo.com

Pa. should institute ban on smoking in public places (Star-Gazette)
I am so glad to hear that Pennsylvania has finally come to consider a smoking ban in public places. We need this type of ban on smoking, not only for those that don't smoke but for the children, too.
Source: www.stargazettenews.com

Smoking Increases Risk And Omega-3 Fatty Acids Decreases Risk Of Blinding Disease (Science Daily)
Researchers in Boston studied elderly male twins and found that those who smoke or have a history of smoking had an increased risk of developing age-related macular degeneration as compared to those who never smoked. At the same time, those who ate more fish and had diets with higher levels of omega-3 fatty acids reduced their risk of this blinding disease.
Source: www.sciencedaily.com