A RISING number of prescriptions for drugs to treat obesity and to help people stop smoking are being handed out in Scotland.
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Nearly one in three smokers worldwide lights up in China, where cigarettes - commonly given as gifts - are so tightly woven into the culture, some believe it's an impossible habit to kick. But a new report suggests the keys to quitting lie in the country's own backyard.
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Some 60,000 children in northern Syria have signed a 200m-long banner encouraging people to quit smoking, the official Al Thawra newspaper reported yesterday.
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Damascus - Some 60,000 children in northern Syria have signed a 200-metre-long banner encouraging people to quit smoking, Damascus' official al-Thawra newspaper reported Tuesday....
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Wednesday 24th March 2010, 10:30AM UTC. It is now being suggested that the smoking ban should be extended to include cars in the hope that this will protect children from having to breathe in second-hand smoke.
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Tobacco use is the greatest preventable cause of death and medical disability in the United States. Tobacco kills no more than heart disease or cancer; however its deadly impact is preventable.
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Huron Valley-area veterans and other local residents fired up about the state-wide smoking ban that comes into effect May 1 have joined a petition drive seeking an exemption for their private clubs.
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•80 percent of smokers started before the age of 21. •Smokers are four times more likely than nonsmokers to experience depression. •Smoking is responsible for 30 percent of cancer deaths.
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MARGIE MASON Associated Press Nearly one in three smokers worldwide lights up in China, where cigarettes -- commonly given as gifts -- are so tigh ...
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Mark Isett quit smoking in December. For the past 79 days he's been nicotine free. No gum. No patch. "I smoked two packs a day - menthols - for 39 years," Isett said. "This is the toughest challenge I've ever met."
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