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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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