Des Moines hospitals want to extend smoking ban (Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier)
DES MOINES, Iowa - Six hospitals are asking city leaders to extend a smoking ban to sidewalks, streets and adjacent public properties. If the proposal is approved, anyone sneaking a smoke in those areas could face fines and possible jail time.
Source: www.wcfcourier.com

Lewis Franck: NASCAR works together to quit smoking (Sports Illustrated)
With New Year's resolutions just around the corner, it might be a good time for more than a a few of us to take a follow the lead of some of the crew members in NASCAR and stop smoking.
Source: sportsillustrated.cnn.com

Smoking in bed to blame for city's 16 th fire death (The Columbus Dispatch)
Careless smoking and the absence of a working smoke detector led to the death of a 39-year-old woman in a North Side house fire yesterday, firefighters said.
Source: www.dispatch.com

Williams To Quit Smoking On New Years Day (ContactMusic)
British pop star ROBBIE WILLIAMS has vowed to quit smoking for good on New Year's Day (01JAN07), despite currently inhaling 60 cigarettes daily. The
Source: www.contactmusic.com

Lewis Franck: NASCAR works together to quit smoking (Sports Illustrated)
With New Year's resolutions just around the corner, it might be a good time for more than a a few of us to take a follow the lead of some of the crew members in NASCAR and stop smoking.
Source: sportsillustrated.cnn.com

Quit Line Busy After Smoking Ban (KGMB 9 Honolulu)
In the war on nicotine, the Hawaii Tobacco Quit Line is the war room. Calls in and follow-up calls going out are at an all-time high. It appears many people in Hawaii are trying to quit smoking.
Source: www.kgmb9.com

Restaurant Owners Take County Smoking Ban To Court (WTAE ThePittsburghChannel.com via Yahoo! News)
Backed by Big Tobacco, two downtown businessmen are challenging Allegheny County in court Monday over the county's ban on smoking in workplaces.
Source: news.yahoo.com

Downtime: You're not impotent to quit smoking in Glasgow (Computer Weekly)
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Source: www.computerweekly.com

WHO denies promoting Chinese smoking cessation item to public (New Kerala)
Beijing, Dec 18: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has denied recommending a Chinese product claimed to be effective in helping people quit smoking.
Source: www.newkerala.com