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The Ministry of Health is rechecking the safety of a controversial and widely used quit-smoking medicine after a new clinical trial reported an increased rate of heart-related problems.When Champix gained state funding last November,...
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GLAXOSMITHKLINE Consumer Healthcare Sdn Bhd (GSK) unveiled the Quit Smoking Challenge, a smoking cessation programme that highlights the comprehensive methods proven to help smokers kick their cigarette addiction recently. The programme is organised with the support of the Ministry of Health Malaysia.
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17 March 2010 KUWAIT -- The Ministry of Health announced that 'no smoking' clinics have began to offer nicotine patches to those intending to quit the habit.
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More than 600 Waikato DHB clinical staff are educated and upskilled on the ‘Better help for smokers to quit’ health target.
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China Daily explores how a new anti-smoking initiative in China targets the country's medical professionals. According to the newspaper, "China is the world's largest tobacco producer and consumer," with "350 million smokers, plus 450 million people exposed to second-hand smoke." Annually, 1 million deaths are smoking-related, according to China's Ministry of Health.
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China Daily explores how a new anti-smoking initiative in China targets the country's medical professionals. According to the newspaper, "China is the world's largest tobacco producer and consumer," with "350 million smokers, plus 450 million people exposed to second-hand smoke." Annually, 1 million deaths are smoking-related, according to China's Ministry of Health.
Tags: 1 Million, Anti Smoking, China Daily, China News, Deaths, Initiative, Medical News, Medical Professionals, Ministry Of Health, News China, Second Hand Smoke, Smokers, Targets, Tobacco
Chinese doctors will join the country's anti-smoking campaign and become role models for the country's 350 million smokers under a recent initiative launched in Beijing by the Ministry of Health, China Medical Board (CMB) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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DUBAI/RAS AL KHAIMAH — Nearly 32 per cent of the over 10,000 smokers registered with smoking cessation clinics under the Ministry of Health (MoH) have successfully given up smoking, while 10,000 more smokers have pledged to quit the habit this year as part of a nationwide anti-tobacco campaign.
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The session, which was organised by Berakas 'A' Health Centre, had three panel speakers, namely Dk Hajah Noralifpahwati bte Pg Hj Jaludin, Nurse in-charge from the Smoking Cessation Clinic; Dr Zurianah Hj Abd Karim, Senior Medical Officer in-charger from Berakas 'A' Health centre and Dyg Norsyahmun bte Hj Metassan, Clinical Psychologist from the Ministry of Health.
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DOHA: With the Ministry of Health intensifying its campaign against smoking, more people have been punished for violating the provisions of Law No 20 of 2002, which bans smoking in public places and regulates the import and sale of tobacco and its derivatives.
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