MHUC offering stop smoking program (The Union County Advocate)
With New Year's resolutions right around the corner, are you once again resolving to throw away your last pack, never to smoke again? Methodist Hospital Union County along with the University of Kentucky is offering a free 12-week program to support your stop smoking resolution.
Source: www.ucadvocate.com
Village votes for smoking ordinance compromise (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
GLENWOOD | The Board of Trustees approved a long-awaited smoking ordinance Tuesday, beating the Jan. 1 deadline that would have required the village to follow the Cook County Clean Indoor Air Ordinance.
Source: www.nwitimes.com
FRANKLIN COUNTY: Free stop-smoking program (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Join the Cooper/Clayton Smoking Cessation Program, 5-6 p.m. Jan. 9 at the Franklin County Public Health Center, 851 East-West Connector, Frankfort. Classes are limited. There is no charge for the class; however, the cost for nicotine replacement therapy products will not be covered. Call (502) 564-5559.
Source: www.kentucky.com
Study: Workers need help to quit smoking (Sharewatch)
About 82 percent of employers said they should take steps to help their workers quit smoking, according to a separate survey released today by the National Business Group on Health, a nonprofit consortium of large employers that looks for solutions to health care problems.
Source: www.sharewatch.com
Few employers help workers quit smoking, study finds (The Plain Dealer)
New York- Only 4 percent of large employers offer comprehensive programs to help employees quit smoking, despite higher health costs for smokers and smoking breaks that could cost employers nine weeks of lost productivity a year, according to a 2006 study by the American Journal of Health Promotion.
Source: www.cleveland.com
State seeks comment on smoking ban rules (Coshocton Tribune)
COLUMBUS (AP) — The state on Wednesday posted a proposed set of rules to put Ohio's new smoking ban into effect, inviting public comment before writing the rules that will govern the ban on most indoor smoking outside the home.
Source: www.coshoctontribune.com
Smoking Ban Lawsuit Dismissed in Marshall County (WTRF)
Judge throws out case. WHEELING — A smoking ban lawsuit filed by the owners of Tropic on Wheeling Island against the Wheeling Ohio County Health Department and its director has been tossed out of court.
Source: www.wtrf.com
