Posts Tagged ‘Addiction’

15
Mar

Graphic quit smoking ads don’t always reach smokers

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Graphic TV ads are hitting the airwaves featuring the real stories of smokers and what they've dealt with because of their addiction.

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12
Mar

Big tobacco heads to court; up to $27B at stake – CTV.ca

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CTV.ca

Big tobacco heads to court; up to $27B at stake
CTV.ca
The trial begins Monday in a Montreal courtroom where a number of smokers will argue that companies weren't upfront about the dangers of cigarette use, leading the plaintiffs to addiction and smoking-related illnesses. Not only is the civil case ...
Study: Head/neck cancer patients should quit smoking DrBicuspid.com
Trial against Big Tobacco starts in Montreal Monday Yahoo! Contributors Network
Blowing smoke Corvallis Gazette Times
Newswise (press release)  - WalesOnline  - French Tribune
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12
Mar

Big tobacco heads to court; up to $27B at stake – CTV.ca

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CTV.ca

Big tobacco heads to court; up to $27B at stake
CTV.ca
The trial got underway Monday in a Montreal courtroom where lawyers representing the smokers argued tobacco companies weren't upfront about the dangers of cigarette use, leading the plaintiffs to addiction and smoking-related illnesses. Not only is the ...

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10
Mar

Take the leap and quit smoking – Forfar Dispatch

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WTSP 10 News

Take the leap and quit smoking
Forfar Dispatch
Mike Weir, MP for Angus, is encouraging thousands of smokers to 'take the leap' and stop smoking this month on No Smoking Day. This year smokers are being asked carry out the campaign slogan 'take the leap' from February 29 – leap year day – and get ...
Exmouth smokers encouraged to stub it out next week Exmouth People
Five Questions About: Giving up smoking The Independent
Smoker Trades One Addiction For Another KTVZ

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8
Mar

Surgeon general declares youth smoking an "epidemic"

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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Smoking among America's youth has reached epidemic proportions, starting them on the path to a lifetime of addiction, the U.S. surgeon general's office said in its first report on youth smoking since 1994. Among U.S. high school seniors, one in four is a regular cigarette smoker, and because few high school smokers are able to quit, some 80 percent will continue to smoke as ...

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27
Feb

Chance to win while quitting ends Wednesday. – NorthBayNipissing.com

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NorthBayNipissing.com

Chance to win while quitting ends Wednesday.
NorthBayNipissing.com
NORTH BAY/NIPISSING-While it is never too late to quit smoking, it is the last opportunity for North Bay and Parry Sound district residents to trade in the addiction for the chance to win a prize. The deadline to register for The Driven to Quit ...

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21
Feb

UK quit smoking campaigns come under fire – Crikey (blog)

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The Chronicle Journal

UK quit smoking campaigns come under fire
Crikey (blog)
Quit smoking campaigns in the UK that promote nicotine replacement therapies (NRT) are wrong to discourage the “cold turkey” approach, and could learn a lesson from Australian efforts, suggests Simon Chapman, professor of public health at the ...
State Offers Free Quit Smoking Kits Patch.com
Program helps smokers break free of 'tenacious addiction' Ottawa Citizen
Quitting from the top Victoria Lookout

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21
Feb

Campus program helps students quit smoking and nicotine habits

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Southeast Missouri State University's Recreation Services will host a smoking cessation program to help those who are struggling to overcome an addiction to smoking and nicotine. Each semester the program reaches out to motivate students across the Southeast campus that are ready to quit smoking.

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21
Feb

Program helps smokers break free of ‘tenacious addiction’ – National Post (blog)

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National Post (blog)

Program helps smokers break free of 'tenacious addiction'
National Post (blog)
“My partner saw a brochure that made quitting a game,” she says. The CCS program offers registered participants the chance to win a car and other prizes if they are smoke-free for a month. “The prize wasn't the motivation in itself.
Quitting from the top Victoria Lookout

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21
Feb

Program helps smokers break free of ‘tenacious addiction’ – Ottawa Citizen

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The Chronicle Journal

Program helps smokers break free of 'tenacious addiction'
Ottawa Citizen
"My partner saw a brochure that made quitting a game," she says. The CCS program offers registered participants the chance to win a car and other prizes if they are smoke-free for a month. "The prize wasn't the motivation in itself.
Program helps smokers break free of “tenacious addiction” The Chronicle Journal
Quitting from the top Victoria Lookout

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