Archive for July, 2009

The local health unit is asking the city to help fund a stop-smoking program for low-income people who want to butt out.[...]

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The local health unit is asking the city to help fund a stop-smoking program for low-income people who want to butt out.[...]

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29
Jul

Turia commends stop smoking superwoman (Scoop.co.nz)

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Tariana Turia today congratulated Tainui woman and pharmacy assistant Te Ana Simmonds for the work she has been doing to help free people from the smoking addiction.

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China Daily explores how a new anti-smoking initiative in China targets the country's medical professionals. According to the newspaper, "China is the world's largest tobacco producer and consumer," with "350 million smokers, plus 450 million people exposed to second-hand smoke." Annually, 1 million deaths are smoking-related, according to China's Ministry of Health.

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It was after that one look at her grandchildren that Evelyn York made the decision to quit smoking forever, which had been a habit of hers since she was 16 years old. Now, at the age of 63, York, of Woodbridge, who smoked one-and-a-half packs of cigarettes a day, has not lit up a Newport menthol cigarette since April 11, 2007.

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29
Jul

Military fighting troop smoking (UPI)

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NEWPORT NEWS, Va., July 29 (UPI) -- Military sites in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia are embracing cessation efforts intended to curb troops' smoking habits, an official says.

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(Editor’s Note: We caught up with St. Paul Council Member Dave Thune, who spearheaded the St. Paul smoking ban, which kicked in about six months ago. We quizzed him about starting to smoke again—at least he was honest ...)

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(Editor’s Note: We caught up with St. Paul Council Member Dave Thune, who spearheaded the St. Paul smoking ban, which kicked in about six months ago. We quizzed him about starting to smoke again—at least he was honest ...)

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28
Jul

doctors to drive anti-smoking initiative (China Daily)

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Chinese doctors will join the country's anti-smoking campaign and become role models for the country's 350 million smokers under a recent initiative launched in Beijing by the Ministry of Health, China Medical Board (CMB) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

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28
Jul

Study urges banning smoking in the military (Daily Press)

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A new study urges banning smoking in the military. While that's good for health, it flies in the face of a culture that once included free cigarettes as part of every meal.

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