Betting Big on Anti-Smoking Trend (SeekingAlpha via Yahoo! Finance)
H.S. Ayoub submits: During the November elections, three states - Ohio, Arizona and Nevada - passed tight smoking bans. Arizonas anti-smoking laws will be enforced in May, Ohio is proceeding through the final legal drafts, while Nevada has been challenged in the courts after the state exempted Casinos from the recent regulations (no surprise [… ]
Source: biz.yahoo.com
Quit and win: Challenge your friends to quit smoking (Penn State Collegian)
Fact: Cigarette smoking results in about 438,000 deaths each year in this country. This number includes not only smokers but also people who use chewing tobacco and people suffering from ailments related to second-hand smoke.
Source: www.collegian.psu.edu
Quit-smoking classes get $421,586 in state funding (Akron Beacon Journal)
The Barberton Health District has received $421,586 from the state to fund quit-smoking classes throughout Summit County. The money is a portion of what Ohio received from the tobacco industry more than four years ago to settle lawsuits filed by several states.
Source: www.ohio.com
New Years brings new resolutions for health With the New Years comes new resolutions to exercise more and quit smoking. (Melfort Journal)
With the New Years comes new resolutions to exercise more and quit smoking. Larry Goodman, owner of Goal's Gym, said the gym does see an increase in business at the beginning of the year.
Source: www.melfortjournal.com
'Science' journal reports brain injury may lead you to quit smoking (The Current Online)
Are you a smoker? What if you woke up one day and forgot to smoke? The dream of every smoker who is trying to quit is to have the desire to smoke suddenly vanish. Quitting smoking is a common New Year's resolution. We all know it is bad for us, it is getting harder to be a smoker in a non-smoking world and they are expensive too.
Source: www.thecurrentonline.com
Quit-smoking classes get $421,586 in state funding (Akron Beacon Journal)
The Barberton Health District has received $421,586 from the state to fund quit-smoking classes throughout Summit County. The money is a portion of what Ohio received from the tobacco industry more than four years ago to settle lawsuits filed by several states.
Source: www.ohio.com
Stop-smoking drug wins Health Canada approval (CBC)
Health Canada has approved Champix, a new drug designed to help people quit smoking. The drug, which is combined with counselling, boasts a 22 per cent success rate. That's slightly better than Zyban, the only other stop-smoking drug on the market that isn't nicotine-based.
Source: www.cbc.ca
Smoking-cessation classes, counseling among options offered on U.S. bases in Pacific (Stars and Stripes)
YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan One of life s hardest decisions is to stop smoking. For tobacco users stationed in the Pacific who want to quit, the military offers a variety of options to help.
Source: www.estripes.com
Smoking-while-driving bill just a lot of hot air (NorthJersey.com)
Anybody who thinks a law banning smoking in a car when children are present is going to stop anyone from smoking in a car when children are present has been driving with his eyes shut.
Source: www.northjersey.com
Trying to conceive? Quit smoking (MSNBC)
TODAY contributor Dr. Judith Reichman explains how smoking can negatively impact a woman's fertility.
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com
