GREENSBORO — The Guilford County Department of Public Health is offering a series of free classes to help smokers kick the habit. The four-week session of classes begins next week and is open to Guilford County residents. Class size is…
Daily Archives: October 1, 2009
Most Smokers Make Multiple Quit Attempts Before They Quit Smoking for Good
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American Lung Association Launches New Smoking Cessation Campaign, Offers Support for the “Quitter in You” WASHINGTON – The American Lung Association is launching a new smoking cessation campaign, “Quitter in You,” designed to highlight the need to change the way…
Smoking ban is good public health policy
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Smokers lost another bit of tobacco-legal territory when the Montana Clean Indoor Air Act took full effect today, banning smoking in all casinos and bars, a move that will improve the health of many – smokers and nonsmokers alike. Some…
Let’s stop kids smoking before they start
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Where does the time go? Does anyone else find it hard to believe that Fall is here again? As we welcome the start of a new school year, I ask you to spare a thought for the teenagers out there.…
Quit smoking the healthy way!
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While some have helped, some result in deprivation and a relapse eventually, leading people to take it up again. We suggest some foolproof tips. Why should you quit? A not-good-for-health reason may not be enough to quit. You need to…
Make smoking an election issue
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Tacloban City —A Department of Health (DOH) official on Tuesday said smoking should be included as an election issue in next year’s 2010 polls, considering that the problem has become so pervasive and has been cited as one of the…
Officials seek to reduce youth smoking
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Fort Dodge police have joined with the Iowa Alcohol Beverages Division to snuff out selling tobacco to minors. The Iowa Pledge is a partnership with law enforcement and the ABD that seeks to educate local retailers and to enforce Iowa’s…
State cuts Tobacco Quit Line funding despite tax increases
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Starting Thursday, smokers with health insurance who call the state Quit Line for help kicking their habit will get less help, the result of a 55 percent cut in state funding to smoking cessation and anti-smoking programs. In spite of…
Smoking in pregnancy risks psychotic children
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LONDON – Mothers who smoke during pregnancy put their children at greater risk of developing psychotic symptoms as teenagers, British scientists said on Thursday. Researchers from four British universities studied 6,356 12-year-olds and interviewed them for psychotic-like symptoms such as…