Spain on Sunday joins the list of European countries that ban smoking in cafes and restaurants. Here is a look at smoking bans elsewhere in Europe. – Belgium: Anti-smoking measures for hotels and restaurants are expected to be extended to…
Monthly Archives: December 2010
Tobacco Cessation Center hoping to enlist healthcare providers to help smokers quit
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The Tobacco Cessation Center of Northern New York is hoping to enlist all healthcare providers to help smokers quit in 2011. The Cessation Center’s Beth Gero notes that in 2008, the award-winning “Don’t Be Silent about Smoking” campaign was launched…
R.J. Reynolds markets Camel Snus aid to quit smoking
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. has launched a national campaign marketing Camel Snus as a potential New Year’s resolution solution for smokers. The campaign is the company’s first aimed specifically at encouraging smokers to switch to Camel Snus,…
We must do more to keep kids out of smoking
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Ever wonder how the tobacco industry has survived a decades-long campaign by public health advocates and government to stamp out the nation’s deadliest habit? One word: addiction. Now, thanks to a U.S. Surgeon General’s report released this month, the public…
Alabama Tobacco Quitline campaign
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A new initiative from the Alabama Department of Public Health to help smokers quit the habit has begun in the Wiregrass area. The new Alabama Tobacco Quitline campaign provides free telephone and online counseling and provides medication such as nicotine…
Air quality getting better
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A new study from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services and the University of Wisconsin Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center reports a marked improvement in air quality in bars and restaurants as a result of Wisconsin’s smoke-free air law. The study…
Smokers to be given free nicotine patches on the NHS
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Smokers are to be given free nicotine patches on the NHS. They will be handed out by surgeries and pharmacies as part of a £250 million Government drive to help people kick the habit. The patches give smokers a gradual…
Oral Cancer Statistics
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Oral Cancer used to be an old man’s disease, tied to tobacco and alcohol. Those are still recognized causes, but today, everyone, including young women and men, are getting this deadly disease. Dentists say, “Just as we’ve gotten used to…
DOD Urges Troops to Quit Tobacco in 2011
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FALLS CHURCH, Va., – Each year, more than a million people successfully quit tobacco, and the Defense Department wants more military members included in that number in 2011. “In the tradition of New Year’s, we are asking our active duty…
Pakistan among top Asian countries in smoking
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Worldwide tobacco use kills at least 5 million people every year. World Health Organization warns that unless countries take drastic action, tobacco could kill about 8 million people every year by 2030, mostly in the developing countries. On average 273…
Quitting smoking improves cholesterol
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Smokers who successfully quit may enjoy yet another health benefit: improved cholesterol profiles. A boost in “good” cholesterol comes with quitting despite weight gain after putting out the last cigarette, hints a new study. If confirmed in future research, the…
Teen marijuana use increases as cigarette sales decrease
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Cigarettes or marijuana? For teenagers across the country the choice is apparently pot. For the first time since 1981, the number of high school seniors reporting they had smoked marijuana in the past 30 days outnumbered those who said they…
Woodland Healthcare to ban tobacco use
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Woodland Healthcare will become a totally tobacco-free campus on Saturday, Jan. 1. The new policy will affect all patients, visitors, medical staff members, employees, volunteers and vendors. “As a primary healthcare provider dedicated to improving the health of our patients,…
Smoking Prevention Effort Suspended in Canada
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Canada’s federal government paid almost $3.6 million to change health warning labels on cigarette packets but then decided to suspend the whole plan earlier in 2010, recently published internal documentation discovered. The Health Canada reports, estimating expenses on the plan,…