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5
Jan

President Obama’s Smoking Struggle Moves Tobacco Insider to Reveal a Fresh, No-Nonsense Quit Method (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

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Inspired by President Obama’s struggle with cigarette smoking, and all those New Year resolutions waiting to fail, a researcher who used to work for big tobacco and who was himself a heavy smoker, has revealed his fresh, no-nonsense way to quit.

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8
Oct

Restrictions on smoking tighten (FSView)

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Smokers of all ages are bearing witness to a monumental shift in the tobacco industry. On June 22, President Obama signed the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act into law that altered a variety of “Big Tobacco” policies.

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5
Aug

Cigarette boxes to display pictures of smoking’s ill effects (Knoxville News Sentinel)

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Coming soon to the lives of American smokers: cigarette labels that go far beyond a simple warning. Imagine gruesome color photographs showing a mouth riddled with cancer, lungs blackened, a foot rotten with gangrene. If the images sound sickening, well, that’s the point. Under a law signed by President Obama on June 22 — the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act — tobacco companies ...

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5
Jul

Attic Salt for July 5, 2009 (The Advocate)

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It’s hard enough to quit smoking without having your successes and failures reported on the evening news. Even President Obama’s critics, if they’re smokers, must see themselves in the leader of, say it together, “The Most Powerful Nation on Earth” slipping into the backyard for a furtive smoke.

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31
Mar

If smoking’s too expensive for you, then quit (University of Connecticut Daily Campus)

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On Wednesday, April 1, the largest tobacco-tax hike in federal history will go into effect. A bill signed by President Obama early in his administration raises the federal tax per pack of cigarettes from 39 cents to $1.01. Federal taxes on cigars, chewing tobacco and other tobacco products will also increase substantially.

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8
Feb

Blunt Talk for Obama: Yes, You Can Quit Smoking! – PR Urgent

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Blunt Talk for Obama: Yes, You Can Quit Smoking!
PR Urgent - Feb 8, 2009
President Obama has said numerous times that he would like to quit smoking, yet he’s still smoking. I have a few suggestions for our new leader that may ...
Don't take Obama's cigarettes away Clarksville Leaf Chronicle
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