The number of calls to Iowa's quit smoking helpline is skyrocketing. During the January campaign 5,284 calls for help rolled in to Quitline.
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DES MOINES — Despite decreases in adult smoking, more Iowans are asking for help in quitting.The number of calls to Iowa’s helpline for quitting tobacco use skyrocketed in late December and January.
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More Iowans are deciding to stop smoking. 5,200 people called Quitline Iowa last month. That's up 36-percent from the year before. In the past four years, Iowa has seen a 22-percent
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Officials with Quitline Iowa said Wednesday that they're offering smokers double the amount of free nicotine patches and gum to Iowans that want to quit smoking during the month of January.
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While state offices did not respond any more harshly to violators of the statewide smoking ban than to send notices of potential violation for the first few months, their actions picked up considerably by the new year.
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A year after Iowa's statewide smoking ban took effect, one bar owner who worried the ban would sink his business changes his tune.
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