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As scores of Americans vow to kick the habit for today’s annual Great American Smokeout, Boston leaders and 10 of the city’s hospitals launched a far-reaching campaign that will prohibit smoking on all hospital property, offer quit-smoking aids to patients and employees, and encourage hospitals to divest investments from tobacco company stock. While hospitals already ban smoking indoors, the new ...
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The British Medical Association is calling for a total ban on smoking in private motor vehicles, setting out what it describes as "compelling evidence" to support such a move to protect the health of the public, and vulnerable groups such as children and the elderly in particular. In a press statement issued on Wednesday, the voluntary professional association, which counts two-thirds of ...
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A proposal banning Odense council employees from smoking during working hours was voted down by the city council this week. The idea was proposed in order to reduce the number of average sick days an employee took from 18 to 13, saving the council 50 million kroner a year.
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Many workplaces and households ban smoking and, for some women, the effects extend beyond their office building or family home. A new study finds that women smokers who live and work where bans are enforced, even those who did not make explicit plans to quit, are more likely to attempt quitting.
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Many workplaces and households ban smoking and, for some women, the effects extend beyond their office building or family home. A new study finds that women smokers who live and work where bans are enforced, even those who did not make explicit plans to quit, are more likely to attempt quitting.
Tags: Attempt, Ban Smoking, Households, Smoking Bans, Smoking Women, Women Smokers, Workplaces
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A 2007 ban on smoking inside public places across the United Kingdom may be responsible for a spike in prescriptions for medications to help smokers quit, researchers report.
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Smoking likely will be banned at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo next year.
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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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Dr. Ross Latona remembers when he first started smoking as a teenager. He knew he shouldn't. "Every time I would see a teacher smoking - it didn't matter who it was, they were my role models, except for my parents - it reinforced that it wasn't that bad
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A British doctors group called Wednesday for a ban on all smoking in cars, saying the secondhand smoke inside a vehicle can cause severe health problems for children and adults.
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