Archive for September, 2009

Smoking ain’t what it used to be. Smoking was once more than a way to look cool, it was a way to look normal. Data really isn’t needed to support the claim that more people smoked before its hazardous effects were discovered. More interesting is the change that a lower smoking rate has had on society and [...]

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LEE COUNTY: Lee County leaders are considering a new smoking ban on the grounds of all public libraries. It's an idea that was first posed a few years ago and may now have the support to go all the way.

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Lee County Library Director is looking into banning smoking outside all 13 county libraries.

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Starting Thursday, smokers with health insurance who call the state Quit Line for help kicking their habit will get less help, the result of a 55 percent cut in state funding to smoking cessation and anti-smoking programs.

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The Guilford County Department of Public Health is offering a series of free classes to help smokers kick the habit.

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Smokers who learn their personal risk of lung cancer through gene-based risk assessment are more likely to be motivated to quit their habit, according to Dr. W. Jeffrey Allard, clinical affairs director of Synergenz Bioscience Ltd.

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Smokers who learn their personal risk of lung cancer through gene-based risk assessment are more likely to be motivated to quit their habit, according to Dr. W. Jeffrey Allard, clinical affairs director of Synergenz Bioscience Ltd.

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30
Sep

No-smoking bill now a law (Saipan Tribune)

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Before you light that cigarette, think again. Gov. Benigno R. Fitial signed into law yesterday a measure that bans smoking in virtually all areas in the CNMI, except in private residences, most private bars, casinos, and departure terminal of airports.

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30
Sep

No-smoking bill now a law (Saipan Tribune)

   Posted by: Quit Smoking    in Uncategorized

Before you light that cigarette, think again. Gov. Benigno R. Fitial signed into law yesterday a measure that bans smoking in virtually all areas in the CNMI, except in private residences, most private bars, casinos, and departure terminal of airports.

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Smokers who learn their personal risk of lung cancer through gene-based risk assessment are more likely to be motivated to quit their habit, according to Dr. W. Jeffrey Allard, clinical affairs director of Synergenz Bioscience Ltd.

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