Pharmacists 'stealing NHS cash in stop smoking fraud' (Daily Mail)
Pharmacists are stealing money from the NHS by dishonestly boosting the number of people they claim to have helped quit smoking. Counter-fraud specialists are investigating claims of abuse in five primary care trusts in London
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Fostering good care: Take smoking outside (Corsicana Daily Sun)
COLLEGE STATION Foster parents in Texas have just been given another reason to make quitting smoking their No. 1 New Year s resolution this year.
Source: www.corsicanadailysun.com
Resolved to QUIT? There is no better time than now (Republican American)
A picture of diseased lung tissue convinced Chris Thomas-Melly to quit smoking. "It really scared me to think about what I was doing to my lungs," said Thomas-Melly, the benefits manager at Waterbury Hospital.
Source: www.rep-am.com
Beltrami County's Anti-Smoking Law Getting Tougher (WCCO Minneapolis/St. Paul)
For the past two years, Beltrami County has had some of northwestern Minnesota's toughest anti-smoking laws. Starting New Year's Day, they'll get even tougher. More Minnesota News
Source: wcco.com
Judge refuses smoking ban block (The Post and Courier)
GREENVILLE - The city's ban on indoor smoking can take effect Monday as scheduled after a circuit judge refused a request to block the ordinance. Circuit Judge John Few on Friday refused to issue a temporary restraining order that would have blocked the ban from taking effect.
Source: www.charleston.net
ENMU-R offers aid to quit smoking (Roswell Daily Record)
Watching her great-uncle hacking from the hole in his throat turned a young Giselle Keyes away from smoking. Now, the smoking cessation coordinator hopes to turn others in a similar direction in the new year.
Source: www.roswell-record.com
Smokers can commit to quit this New Year (Waynesboro Record Herald)
If at first you don't succeed, quit, quit again - at least if you're a smoker. Smoking is one of the most difficult habits to kick, according to Richard McGarvey of the Pennsylvania Department of Health. It takes smokers an average five tries to successfully quit, he said.
Source: www.therecordherald.com
Hospitals attempt to block smoking on their premises (Baltimore Sun)
Facilities aim to stop patients and caregivers from lighting up Samantha McCandless began smoking when she was 9 after her teenage baby sitter introduced her to cigarettes.
Source: feeds.baltimoresun.com
Now It's Easier than Ever to Stop Smoking, Thanks to New Ebook and Interactive Website (PR Web via Yahoo! News)
Tampa, FL (PRWEB) December 27, 2006 — Today, Allen Jones releases his long-awaited ebook titled, "The Stop Smoking Guide," and officially launches his new interactive Stop Smoking Website.
Source: news.yahoo.com
Smoking restrictions come early to McCarran Airport (KVBC Las Vegas)
The day after a district court judge ruled Nevada's ban on smoking will stand, places all over Clark County are making changes. That includes McCarran Airport, where there's no smoking allowed inside anymore.
Source: www.kvbc.com
