Most of smokers quit because of smoking ban. Nevertheless, they started to use more nicotine gums. That’s mean that quitting smoking is no more effective, because nicotine replacements are harmful too. This fact was found by Dr. Jean-Francois Etter, of…
Daily Archives: June 19, 2009
U.S. Senate passes strong bill with anti-tobacco measures
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U.S. Senator Jay Rockefeller applauded last week’s passage of the Family Smoking Prevention & Tobacco Control Act in the U. S. Senate. The bill will give the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) the authority to regulate tobacco products, including authorizing…
Smokers spend 17 days a year smoking, $2500 on habit
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SMOKERS are puffing away an average 17 days a year and burning enough cash to pay for family health insurance or a holiday if they quit. A new study has found smokers spend an average of $2500 a year on…
Wishard program helps smokers quit
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A lifetime of inhaling cigarettes has a local man in his 40′s now fighting to breathe. Paul Potter never thought the struggle would happen to him, but now, playing Playstation 3 during breathing treatments is the closest thing to the…
V’land hopes your phone can help you stop smoking
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An Upper Deerfield resident is working with the city’s Health Department to encourage smokers to quit — by sending text messages. Stephanie Modri, a nurse for 11 years, recently started a text messaging service called etellyou.com that helps organizations, businesses…
Pay GPs on quit rate for smokers
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The Liberal Democrats have called for an end to the smoking cessation element of the quality framework (QOF). Currently practices receive QOF points for registering whether patients smoke, whether they have any conditions linked to smoking, and for offering literature…
Smokers trying to quit have a hard time getting help
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With higher taxes on cigarettes, more restrictive “clean air” legislation and now tighter regulation of tobacco, smokers have never had more reason to quit — and many are lining up to do just that. One local smoke cessation program reports…