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

Extra help offered for smokers who want to quit (Lexington Herald-Leader)
For the first time, Fayette Countians who want to quit smoking will be able to get free nicotine replacement products when they attend a 13-week class to help them kick the habit.
Source: www.kentucky.com

Atlantic City postpones vote on smoking ban (USA Today)
Atlantic City's casinos aren't stubbing out the cigarettes just yet. The city council in New Jersey's gambling mecca on Friday delayed an expected vote on banning smoking in casinos in order to give the businesses more time to prepare for a ban.
Source: www.usatoday.com

Free smoking cessation classes being offered (The Champaign News-Gazette)
DANVILLE With New Year's Eve comes thoughts of New Year's resolutions. One of the top 10 resolutions for those who make them is to stop smoking. The Vermilion County Health Department stands ready to help those people who are ready to quit by offering free smoking cessation classes beginning Jan. 4.
Source: www.news-gazette.com

Diocese bans smoking (Evansville Courier & Press)
Smoking no longer will be allowed in Catholic Diocese of Evansville facilities, which include schools and parishes in Vanderburgh and 11 other Southwestern Indiana counties.
Source: www.courierpress.com

STOP SMOKING (The Biloxi Sun Herald)
Top New Year's resolution polls often spotlight on health. Chief among them, for those addicted to nicotine, is to stop the cigarette or tobacco habit.
Source: www.sunherald.com