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 [… ]
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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