Archive for November, 2007

New Year's resolution. Stop smoking. In your car - SooToday.com

New Year's resolution. Stop smoking. In your carSooToday.com -14 hours agoOpening vehicle windows does not diminish the risk, and smoking only when children are not passengers is not a safe option. The only way to protect children …

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Smokers Could Save Medicaid System Around $10 Billion - Associated Content

Smokers Could Save Medicaid System Around $10 BillionAssociated Content, CO -5 hours agoHowever, the cost of Medicaid could be, across all states, $9.7 billion less, if the smokers in the system would successfully quit smoking. …Study: NC smokers cost state Medicaid $294MBizjournals.comSmokers Cost Medicaid System Nearly $10 BillionPR Newswire (press release)Current Smokers Cost Medicaid Nearly $10 BillionNewswise […]

Counseling, patches up smoking quit rates - United Press International

Counseling, patches up smoking quit ratesUnited Press International -6 hours ago30 (UPI) — Increasing Quitline smoking cessation services and offering free nicotine patches are a cost-effective way to reduce smoking rates, …Free Nicotine Patches Plus Phone Counseling Prompts More Smokers …MedPage TodaySmoking Cessation Rates Double With Intensive Counseling and Free …ReutersStudies of 20000 smokers show quit […]

New study published on long-term effects of second hand smoke - Hernando Today

New study published on long-term effects of second hand smokeHernando Today, FL -5 hours agoTheir funds will be used to enhance youth smoking prevention to provide support for people who want to quit smoking and for chronic disease prevention. …

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Counseling, patches up smoking quit rates - Earthtimes

Counseling, patches up smoking quit ratesEarthtimes, UK -6 minutes ago30 Increasing Quitline smoking cessation services and offering free nicotine patches are a cost-effective way to reduce smoking rates, two US studies found. …

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Cigarette sales dive bad for 'good' causes - Tucson Citizen

Cigarette sales dive bad for 'good' causesTucson Citizen, AZ -1 hour agoTobacco taxes up only $57 million WARNING: If too many people quit smoking, tax revenue from tobacco sales will continue to drop, providing less funding for …

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Harrowing new stop-smoking campaign - Queens Courier

Harrowing new stop-smoking campaignQueens Courier, NY -3 hours agoRather than concentrate on the physically damaging effects of smoking, the first part of the campaign will psychologically target any excuse a smoker may …

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Smoking Cessation Rates Double With Intensive Counseling and Free … - Reuters

Smoking Cessation Rates Double With Intensive Counseling and Free …Reuters -2 hours agocost per quit fell more than $2600 (from $3778 to $1050). "Cigarette smoking is the number one preventable cause of death anddisease in this country, …Studies of 20000 smokers show quit rates double with counseling …EurekAlert (press release)Tobacco Quitline Getting AttentionKFYR-TVall 7 news […]

Smoking Boom Catches Up With Women - AOL News Newsbloggers

Smoking Boom Catches Up With WomenAOL News Newsbloggers, VA -10 minutes agoAlthough she had quit smoking a decade earlier, 30 years of cigarettes had taken their toll. After several days in the hospital, she was sent home tethered …

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25000 try to quit smoking - News Wales

25000 try to quit smokingNews Wales, UK -9 minutes ago2007 has seen a twenty per cent increase in people wishing to quit smoking in Wales in the run up to the introduction of the smoking ban. …

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