Archive for February, 2009

Tests have shown there are 10 smokers among the Malaysian national hockey team and they have been ordered into rehab as the country attempts to revive its fortunes, according to a report.

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Tests have shown there are 10 smokers among the Malaysian national hockey team and they have been ordered into rehab as the country attempts to revive its fortunes, according to a report.

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Smoking in the United States Causes 443,000 Deaths Annually and Costs $193 Billion As Nation Observes Great American Smokeout

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WEB ONLY: Public Health again has challenge to quit smoking

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26
Feb

Team ordered to quit smoking (Daily Telegraph)

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THE 10 smokers in the Malaysian men's hockey squad have been ordered into rehab and attend sessions with doctors at the National Sports Institute.

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26
Feb

S.D. House passes smoking ban 43-27 (Rapid City Journal)

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PIERRE -- After an hour of sometimes emotional debate, the South Dakota House on Monday passed a measure that would ban smoking in bars, video lottery casinos and restaurants that serve liquor. And as amended by the House, it also would ban smoking in Deadwood gambling halls.

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Ms Mary Wallace, T.D. Minister of State for Health Promotion and Food Safety at the Department of Health and Children called on smokers to try to give up smoking. She is urging smokers to resolve to use the opportunity of 25th of February, "National No Smoking Day", as the starting point to try to give up smoking. "National No Smoking Day" is a traditional day that smokers attempt to quit.

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26
Feb

S.D. House passes smoking ban 43-27 (Rapid City Journal)

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PIERRE -- After an hour of sometimes emotional debate, the South Dakota House on Monday passed a measure that would ban smoking in bars, video lottery casinos and restaurants that serve liquor. And as amended by the House, it also would ban smoking in Deadwood gambling halls.

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26
Feb

S.D. House passes smoking ban 43-27 (Rapid City Journal)

   Posted by: Quit Smoking    in Uncategorized

PIERRE -- After an hour of sometimes emotional debate, the South Dakota House on Monday passed a measure that would ban smoking in bars, video lottery casinos and restaurants that serve liquor. And as amended by the House, it also would ban smoking in Deadwood gambling halls.

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Handing out money might be a way to encourage people to quit smoking. After more than four years of research, director of Penn's Center for Health Incentives Kevin Volpp and his team found that providing financial incentives for quitting smoking might decrease smoking rates in the long run.

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