Los Angeles County won two stimulus grants Friday worth $32 million to fight obesity and smoking, the largest sum ever dedicated to these public health problems, officials said.
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LIBERAL Party standard bearer Senator Benigno Aquino III told a radio interview he would quit smoking once he won the presidency, but admitted he could not do it now because there was too much pressure on the campaign trail.
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Presidential candidate Senator Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III on Friday said he plans to quit smoking once he wins the presidency in the May elections, admitting he cannot do so immediately because of "too much pressure" in the campaign trail.
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The saying goes: Behind every good man is a good woman. But this time, the good man also had the motivation of a baby on the way.
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The saying goes: Behind every good man is a good woman. But this time, the good man also had the motivation of a baby on the way.
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Health officials in Wisconsin have won a $9 million federal grant to study the best ways to help people stop smoking. The grant from the National Institutes of Health will recruit 2,300 smokers at a several clinics in south and central Wisconsin, including Aurora Health Care, UW Health, Dean Health System and Mercy Health System. The study will provide both quit-coaching and nicotine medications.
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This combo wins out in first head-to-head study of various smoking-cessation aids
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Annual ad spending has been about $15 mil. LOS ANGELES After a review involving 12 agencies, Santa Monica, Calif.-based RPA has won the California Department of Public Health's three- to five-year California Tobacco Control Program account.
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Victoria’s Christie Kane, 37, butted out after 21 years of smoking to win the B.C. Lung Association’s Quit Now and WIN contest.
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