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Fight for Children get D.C. smoking ban exemption for 2010 events
For decades, Washington power brokers have gathered on Saint Patrick’s Day to toast, and in some cases invent their Irishness with Guinness, Kelly green cummerbunds and cigar smoke.
Last year, they survived without the smoke. But not everyone was happy, to the point that one legislator has pushed an emergency bill in the D.C. Council to [...]
Tobacco-free group to meet. Stop smoking classes
Tobacco-free group to meet
The Grand Forks Tobacco Free Coalition will hold a community forum from 6 to 8 tonight on the sixth floor of the Grand Forks County Office Building, 151 S. Fourth St., to discuss the future of adopting smoke-free workplace rules in Grand Forks.
Stop smoking classes set
Freedom from Smoking classes will begin at [...]
Exposure to secondhand smoke increases risk for Type 2 diabetes
Chronic secondhand smoke exposure significantly increases the risk for Type 2 diabetes, show results from a study of Greek and Cypriot elderly men and women.
“While active smoking is strongly related to the development of diabetes mellitus, the role of exposure to secondhand smoke in the development of diabetes mellitus is unclear,” write Demosthenes Panagiotakos (Harokopio [...]
Progress in Stamping Out Smoking Has Stalled
After decades of progress, the number of Americans who smoke hasn’t budged over the last five years and actually rose slightly from 2007 to 2008, according to a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Over the longer term, smoking rates have declined. From 1998 to 2008, the percentage of smokers in [...]
Student Health Services strives toward a tobacco free campus
Student Health Services is making plans to turn UW-River Falls into a tobacco free campus within two years, with the help of its students, staff and faculty.
The results of the 2008 Tobacco Free Survey suggest that students are now ready for a change of scenery on their campus by changing the rules on tobacco use.
95 [...]
Funding cut for Franklin County stop-smoking program
When Stacy McCole gets a phone call from someone looking for help with quitting smoking, the resources she now has available are limited.
The recent passage of the state budget has left some programs with less funding than they’ve had in previous years or no funding at all.
The Healthy Communities Partnership of Greater Franklin County has [...]
Statewide Teen Smoking-Cessation Trial is the First to Achieve Significant Increase in Prolonged Quit Rates
SEATTLE, Oct. 12 /PRNewswire/ — For the first time, researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have demonstrated that it is possible to successfully recruit and retain a large number of adolescent smokers from the general population into a smoking intervention study and, through personalized, proactive telephone counseling, significantly impact rates of six-month continuous quitting. [...]
Anti-Smoking Drive Fails to Curb Male Tobacco Abuse
HANOI, – At a ‘tra da’ (iced tea) stand in Hanoi’s Truc Bach area, men in baggy white singlets sit on low plastic stools drinking strong green tea poured from a chipped porcelain tea pot.
A hissing squeal cuts over the revving of a motorbike one street down as one of the men pulls smoke through [...]
Stringent anti-smoking measures needed
DAMMAM – Convincing teenagers to stop smoking is a tough issue for both parents and authorities at their educational institutions. Most of the teens who smoke don’t show the habit while in educational institutions or at home; a majority of them smoke in public places where there are no restrictions.
“I have a right to smoke [...]
Why Quitting Smoking is So Hard
Smoking causes cancer, emphysema and heart disease. It’s no secret that smoking deteriorates one’s health, yet kicking the bad habit remains a difficult task. New research reveals how your own memories may make quitting even harder.
Researchers explain why many smokers urge to light up after meals, while drinking alcohol, or driving home from work. The [...]
Around Town: Quit smoking
Merced Health Education Department is hosting a seven-week course, “Freedom from Smoking,” on Tuesdays from 6 to 8 p.m. until Oct. 6, at 563 W. 26th St. The class is free. For more information or to preregister, call (209) 384-6533.
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‘Beauty and the Beast’
Playhouse Merced will present “Beauty and the Beast” starting Friday and running through [...]
Malawi child tobacco workers exposed to nicotine
BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — Young tobacco pickers in this southern African country are exposed to “extremely high levels of nicotine poisoning,” a London-based children’s rights organization said in a report released Monday.
“As the tobacco industry continues to shift its production to developing countries, more vulnerable children are being exposed to these hazardous working conditions,” [...]
Smokers at higher risk of dementia
Middle-aged people who smoke, are diabetic or have high blood pressure are far more likely to suffer from dementia, according to new research.
Smokers aged between 46 and 70 have a 70% higher risk of developing chronic memory loss, according to a study reported in Britain’s Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry. The chance of people [...]
Man seeks exile on Scottish island to quit smoking
LONDON — A former banker who is unable to quit smoking is to spend August on a remote uninhabited Scottish island in a bid to break the habit, newspapers reported on Saturday.
Geoff Spice will be a castaway on Sgarabhaigh (pronounced Scaravay) in the Outer Hebrides — a group of islands off the northwestern corner of [...]
