New Stop-Smoking Drug Shows Promise, but so Did Others (RedNova)
By Mary Specht Smokers who have tried everything to kick the habit have one more option: Chantix, a stop-smoking drug that works differently from others. It arrived on the market Monday.
Source: www.redorbit.com
Amanful to get 375 million cedi modern fish-smoking centre (Ghanaweb.com)
Takoradi, Aug. 5, GNA - Work on a 375 million cedi modern fish-smoking centre by the GRATIS Foundation has begun at Amanful, a suburb of Takoradi.
Source: www.ghanaweb.com
LA County Quit Smoking Summit Sends Message to Smokers: It's Quitting Time, L.A.! County Releases New Smoking Data (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
LOS ANGELES—-Aug. 2, 2006–At a first ever countywide quit smoking summit, the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health today released comprehensive results of the 2005 Health Survey showing that while the county's overall smoking rate has declined to a historic low of 14.6 percent, there is a significant disparity among ethnic and gender groups regarding smoking rates.
Source: biz.yahoo.com
Smokers With Chronic Pain Smoke More, But Show Desire To Quit (Medical News Today)
Smokers who experience significant pain smoke more cigarettes per day than those who are not regularly in pain, according to a study published by researchers at the University of Kentucky. However, more than half of smokers with pain are at least considering quitting smoking. [click link for full article]
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.com
