August 21, 2006
Quit smoking - Smoking cuts for classic cartoons after complaint (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Smoking cuts for classic cartoons after complaint (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Turner Broadcasting is scouring more than 1,500 classic Hanna-Barbera cartoons, including old favourites Tom and Jerry, The Flintstones and Scooby-Doo, to edit out scenes that glamorise smoking.
Source: news.yahoo.com
Smoking cut from Tom and Jerry (BBC News)
Children's channel Boomerang remove smoking from Tom and Jerry cartoons following a viewer complaint.
Source: news.bbc.co.uk
Quit Smoking Cold Turkey… Experts Say Think Again (BET.com)
Posted Aug. 21, 2006 - Despite all the stop-smoking products on the market, African-American smokers prefer to quit cold turkey, which a new survey says leads to lower rates of success.
Source: www.bet.com
Taking back control (Redlands Daily Facts)
Pat Thomas smoked her first cigarette at age 16. She would light one to steady her nerves, two to relax her body, and three to keep her buzz alive. Soon a single Marlboro Light turned to a chain, a carton, an addiction. At 18, she made her first attempt to quit smoking.
Source: www.redlandsdailyfacts.com

