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
Smoking limits get mixed reactions (The State)
With a smoking ban taking hold on the University of South Carolina campus, 18-year-old Matt Webber wonders whether he s going to have to find a new school.
Source: www.thestate.com
Total smoking ban for hospital (Lynn News)
A TOTAL smoking ban at Lynn's Queen Elizabeth Hospital comes into effect next Friday, September 1. (23/08/2006 08:29:15)
Source: www.lynnnews.co.uk
Henderson's Smoking Ban Passes (14 WFIE Evansville)
Henderson's smoking ban becomes official. The smoking ban will cover everything with the exception of private homes, bingo halls and some outdoor areas already in existence. But bar and tavern owners say they need an exception or an extension of the October 1 start time to be able to compete with businesses in Evansville.
Source: www.14wfie.com
MPAAT Unveils New Name at State Fair: ClearWay Minnesota(SM) (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
The Minnesota Partnership for Action Against Tobacco unveiled its new name — ClearWay Minnesota — today at the Minnesota State Fair. ClearWay Minnesota will remain focused on the organization's vision of eliminating the harm caused by tobacco through stop- smoking services, research and protecting Minnesotans from secondhand smoke.
Source: biz.yahoo.com
IUPUI students return to non-smoking campus (WTHR Indianapolis)
Indianapolis - There was a big change for students returning to class Wednesday at IUPUI. As they searched for their classrooms, they noticed signs everywhere about the school's new smoking ban.
Source: www.wthr.com
HEALTH: Hospital offers free stop-smoking course (Ridgefield Press)
Norwalk Hospital is offering a free smoking cessation program beginning on Sept. 19 at 6 p.m. in the third floor respiratory classroom in the Section of Pulmonary Medicine at the hospital. The program consists of seven sessions, all to be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m.
Source: www.acorn-online.com
Total smoking ban for hospital (Lynn News)
A TOTAL smoking ban at Lynn's Queen Elizabeth Hospital comes into effect next Friday, September 1. (23/08/2006 08:29:15)
Source: www.lynnnews.co.uk
Tom & Jerry quit smoking (Guardian Unlimited)
Media: Scenes of smoking are to be edited out of classic Tom & Jerry cartoons following a complaint to the broadcast regulator.
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Judge Reinstates Frankfort Smoking Ban (WLEX-TV Lexington)
Frankfort (AP) — A judge has lifted a restraining order that barred Kentucky's capital city from enforcing its new ban on smoking in all public buildings.
Source: www.lex18.com
FINDINGS (Washington Post)
Smoking may rewire people's brains in a way that makes it difficult to quit, a study says.
Source: www.washingtonpost.com
HEALTH: Hospital offers free stop-smoking course (Ridgefield Press)
Norwalk Hospital is offering a free smoking cessation program beginning on Sept. 19 at 6 p.m. in the third floor respiratory classroom in the Section of Pulmonary Medicine at the hospital. The program consists of seven sessions, all to be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m.
Source: www.acorn-online.com
Total smoking ban for hospital (Lynn News)
A TOTAL smoking ban at Lynn's Queen Elizabeth Hospital comes into effect next Friday, September 1. (23/08/2006 08:29:15)
Source: www.lynnnews.co.uk
