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31 min ago | The Oregonian

Public Health Advisory Board urges state to spend tobacco settle money on smoking prevention

Omaha resident Charlie Waters has a cigarette in Omaha, Neb in 2007. The recession is having an effect on anti-smoking advertisements and and other smoking cessation programs as recession-battered states lack the funds to keep them going.

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4 hrs ago | KSFO-AM San Francisco

Can a 'Fat Tax' Help Lower Obesity?

Adding a high tax on unhealthy food and drinks may help slow the rising rates of obesity, according to a new study published Tuesday in the British Medical Journal .

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7 hrs ago | St. Helens Reporter

Top pub fined over smoking ban breach

Knowsley Magistrates' Court heard last week how a large wooden shed-style smoking shelter had been built outside the Masons Arms following the implementation of smoke-free legislation in July 2007.

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Related Topix: Merseyside County, England, World News, United Kingdom, Medicine, Health

10 hrs ago | Merced Sun-Star

Dawn Daniels-Brown: Smoking vs. cheating

I detest cigarettes; it robs the quality of life from smokers and nonsmokers alike.

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Tue May 15, 2012

Monsters and Critics

Barry Manilow started smoking at nine

The 'Copacabana' singer gave up the habit 20 years ago after beginning at an early age in the tough New York neighbourhood he grew up in.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Drama Movies, Copacabana, Comedy Movies, Musical Movies, Pop/Rock, Barry Manilow

Star-Telegram.com

Arlington looks at tightening city smoking restrictions

After finishing lunch at J. Gilligan's bar Tuesday, Cheryl Witter enjoyed a cigarette at her table before heading back to work.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Texas

Hayfield Herald

A world with less cancer, a world with more birthdays

"A world with less cancer is a world with more birthdays," Ross Messick, the Rochester Director of the American Cancer Society, said in a talk to the Dodge Center Lions Club.

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Related Topix: Charitable Organizations, American Cancer Society, Dodge County, MN, Medicine, Health, Lung Cancer, Rochester, MN

The Raw Story

Cancer deaths among UK 50-somethings drop to lowest level in 40 years

Deaths from cancer among 50-somethings have fallen to their lowest level in 40 years, thanks to better diagnosis, fewer people smoking and new drugs improving patients' chances of survival.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Hodgkin's Disease, Lymphoma, Lung Cancer, Breast Cancer

Examiner.com

The Effectiveness of Hypnosis for Smoking Cessation

Hypnotherapy is one of the most commonly used alternative methods for quitting smoking, yet there is still some ambivalence out there about its effectiveness.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, University of Washington

Business Journal

Scripps scientists awarded $8M for anti-smoking research

The National Institutes of Health awarded an $8.4 million grant to scientists at the Scripps Research Institute's Jupiter campus to develop anti-smoking treatments.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Florida

GhanaWeb

"Wee" smoking may help relieve symptoms of MS

Smoking marijuana may improve some symptoms of multiple sclerosis, a new study suggests.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Marijuana, Medication, Medicine, Health, Multiple Sclerosis, UC San Diego

Mon May 14, 2012

KHGI

New Policy, No Smoking In Hastings Public Parks

In Hastings Monday night, a big decision coming down from the city council as they decide no smoking in public parks In a 6-2 vote, council members pass a strict policy to ban smoking in parks and on trails.

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Trend Hunter Magazine

60 Pro-Cigarette Photoshoots - From Solemn Smoking Editorials to...

These pro-cigarette photoshoots have done an excellent job of glamorizing a habit that many have deemed to be unhealthy and even immoral.

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WPLJ-FM New York

Nude Madonna Photo Sells for $23K

It was originally projected to bring $7,000, but a nude photograph of Madonna has just sold at auction for more than three times that.

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Ghanamma.com

Sexy photograph of Madonna posing naked on a bed while smoking a cigarette sells for A 15,000

An 'absolutely stunning' photograph of Madonna posing naked on a bed while smoking a cigarette has sold for nearly A 15,000. The sum is three times the estimate placed on the image that was taken in 1990 during the period when the singer had bleach-blonde hair and dark eye make-up. 'From the start of my career, I've been naked': Michael Fassbender ... (more)

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International Business Times

Madonna Naked Picture Sells For $23,000: Top 5 Most Expensive Nude Photos, Paintings

A sexy photograph of Madonna posing topless in bed while smoking a cigarette sold for $23,750 to an anonymous buyer.

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Related Topix: Celebrities, Dance, Pop/Rock, Madonna, Medicine, Health

Sun May 13, 2012

Santa Barbara Independent

Smoking Animals

I would like to comment on The Santa Barbara Independent 's endorsement of Prop 29 and Jerry Roberts summary of it.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Jeremy Roberts

Clifton Journal

Haledon may join neighbors in smoking ban in parks

HALEDON - Smoking in public parks may soon be prohibited as the borough considers following the leads of towns and cities across the state and country that have imposed smoking bans in parks, restaurants and other places.

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Sat May 12, 2012

SBWire

FreeElectronicCigarettes.net Offers People Everywhere a Healthy Alternative to Smoking

Smoking is fast becoming public enemy number one in America today, attacked and decried by public health advocates, politicians and community figures on a daily basis.

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Malaysian National News Agency

Experts Urge Cote D'ivoire To Tighten Fight Against Smoking

ABIDJAN, May 12 -- Experts from Cote d'Ivoire's public health ministry on Friday called for the reinforcement of the fight against smoking in the country, Xinhua news agency reported.

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