Legendary Smokenders® Smoking Cessation Program Adapted for Internet
The course, which uses no drugs, patches, NRT or e-cigarettes, teaches smokers how to quit smoking so that they may do so painlessly and comfortably. Smokenders Online™, LLC announces the launch of its Smokenders Online ™ smoking cessation course. See Original Article »
Many Young Adults at Risk of Skin Cancer: CDC
By Steven Reinberg THURSDAY, May 10 (HealthDay News) — Despite warnings about the dangers of excess sun exposure, young adults in the United States still get sunburned or use indoor tanning beds, federal health officials said Thursday. See Original Article »
Child smoking: Ash Wales given £850000 Lottery funding to help young quit
Young people in Wales are to be targeted in a major new drive costing more than £850000 to encourage them to stop smoking. Children as young as 11 will be the focus of the three-year campaign by the anti-smoking charity Ash Wales.
By Cari Nierenberg May 10, 2012 — White women who are pregnant are more likely to smoke cigarettes than African-American or Hispanic mothers-to-be, a new government report shows. The study found that pregnant white women had high rates of cigarette … See Original Article »
Ex-smokers are unstoppable
Smoking doesn't just damage human health and well-being, it also costs money. The European Commission's idea was that if they could get everyone in the EU to stop smoking, then the savings would fund the entire EU budget for a year.
Child smoking: Ash Wales given Lottery funding to help young quit
Young people in Wales are to be targeted in a major new drive to encourage them to stop smoking. Children as young as 11 will be the focus of the three-year campaign by the anti-smoking charity Ash Wales. The Young People's Quit Smoking Service, …
Government Reiterates Warning on Drinking, Smoking While Pregnant
Related. (WASHINGTON) — We've all heard the warnings: Don't smoke or drink alcohol while pregnant. Yet, more than one in five pregnant white women smoke… www.770kkob.com/…/DDE1A7079AA911E189E7FEFDADE…
The proposal stated, “to the extent possible, that all Plattsmouth public parks will be smoke-free.” The policy mentioned the dangers of secondhand smoke and the littering caused by the remains of tobacco products. Councilman Steve Riese said council … See Original Article »
Busting The Myths Of NRT For World No Tobacco Day
This is despite a recent five-year study by the Harvard School of Public Health that reports NRT has no lasting benefit for smokers trying to quit the habit, and is no more effective in helping people quit smoking over the long term than using … See Original Article »
A Hawke's Bay family's successful mission to quit smoking all started with a visit to their family doctor. Now they are encouraging other smokers to get help to quit too. Freda Te Aho, of Hastings, smoked heavily from the age of 12 but finally at 70 … See Original Article »
How a chain-smoker 'ran' for her life
Kripa Sagar, 45, a mother of two was addicted to smoking for over 25 years. At the height of her addiction she used to puff on an average of 20 cigarettes a day. She made many attempts to quit, in vain. But all this changed when she hit the road. See Original Article »
Movie studios urged to stop smoking depiction in youth-rated movies
This effort follows the March 8 US Surgeon General's Report, which states that “[t]he evidence is sufficient to conclude that there is a causal relationship between depictions of smoking in the movies and the initiation of smoking among young people. See Original Article »
The Any-Time Resolution to Quit Smoking
(ARA) – Maybe you made a New Year's resolution to quit smoking this year. If you stuck to it, congratulations! But maybe nicotine addiction made it hard to quit and you started smoking again. Maybe you decided that on January 1st, you weren't ready to … See Original Article »
Quitting smoking has just got easier for Cantabrians, thanks to community pharmacies helping people break the habit. People who smoke and live in Canterbury now have improved access to subsidised nicotine patches, gum and lozenges. See Original Article »
Cohasset may limit sales of most tobacco products
The Board of Health wants to stop pharmacies and any store containing a pharmacy from selling tobacco products. The board also has proposed adding electronic cigarettes to the list of tobacco products already banned from use in public places in town. See Original Article »
Deadly consequences of smoking must be tackled by tobacco control strategy
We still have a distance to go to achieve the smoke-free society that many governments have committed us to and which is possible to achieve. Smoking places a huge health and economic burden on the State. The negative health effects of smoking are well … See Original Article »
Parliament must protect the citizenry from tobacco smoking – Mr Ali
The Vision for Alternative Development (VALD) and Coalition on the Tobacco Control Bill, has appealed to Parliament to support smokers to quit smoking rather than designating areas for them to smoke. “Parliament must protect its integrity against … See Original Article »
Father Quits Smoking, Starts Running 25Ks After Daughter Inspired His Workouts
Rick quit smoking and started running so he could be the one pushing Maddy in races. Together, the two have run over 70 races including half marathons, triathalons and this Saturday they will run the 25K at the 5/3 Riverbank Run for the third time. See Original Article »
