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46 min ago | Planning

City wants grant to battle smoking

Nov. 19--The American Cancer Society asks smokers to give up the habit for one day today as part of the Great American Smokeout.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry, Buchanan County, MO, Missouri Western State University, University of Missouri, Marketing

5 hrs ago | MediLexicon

Help Is Available For Smokers Who Want To Quit: A Message From Dr. Howard Koh

"With recent news that adult smoking rates have remained unchanged since 2004, and research showing that a clear majority of smokers want to quit, we urge smokers to mark today's 34th Great American Smokeout by making a quit plan and finding out about free resources that help them quit successfully.

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Related Topix: Medicine

9 hrs ago | Journal-News

Ohio's smoking rates may be on the rise

Public health advocates foresee a perfect storm heading to Ohio next year that could increase smoking rates, gut enforcement of the indoor smoking ban and allow Big Tobacco to lure children into using new, mint-flavored tobacco products.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Ohio, Charitable Organizations

Sun Nov 22, 2009

Star-Press

Purdue going almost smoke-free

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Finding a spot to light up at Purdue University won't be too easy starting next year.

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Related Topix: West Lafayette, IN, Lafayette, IN, Lafayette Metro, Purdue University, Medicine, Health

Free Republic

Apple Voiding Smokers' Warranties?

"Consumerist reports that Apple is refusing to work on computers that have been used in smoking households .

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Related Topix: Apple, Science / Technology, Medicine, Health, Computers, PC

Hindustan Times

Soon, a vaccine to help you kick the butt

Good news for smokers struggling to quit - an injectable vaccine has been developed that may help you kick the habit.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Biotech, GlaxoSmithKline, Nicotine, NicoDerm, Nicotine (generic), Medication

Rockbridge Weekly

Restaurant Smoking Ban Begins December 1st

To celebrate the upcoming ban on smoking in restaurants, Virginia's Health Commissioner today called on Virginians to show their support for the new law and local businesses by dining at their favorite smoke-free restaurants.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Virginia, Virginia Government

Star-telegram.com

UT-Arlington bans smoking effective in August 2011

By NATHANIEL JONES ARLINGTON - Starting in August 2011, smoking will be banned at the University of Texas at Arlington, President James Spaniolo said Friday.The school is the first four-year college in the region to forbid tobacco use campuswide.'Many of us remember a time when smoking was commonplace in offices, malls, airplanes, public ...

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, University of Texas at Arlington, Tarrant County, TX, University of North Texas Health Science Center, University of North Texas

KNOE-TV Monroe

34th annual 'Great American Smoke-out' is today

The American Cancer Society says today is the perfect day to kick the habit. Today marks the 34th annual 'Great American Smoke-out'. Former smokers made a stop at Louisiana Delta Community College to speak to students about the dangers of lighting up.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Louisiana

Sat Nov 21, 2009

6 ABC

Pa. hospital system won't hire smokers

Prospective employees at a central Pennsylvania hospital chain will now be tested for nicotine when they apply for jobs.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Susquehanna, PA, Williamsport Metro, Williamsport, PA, Muncy Valley, PA

MSNBC

A "Great" Day to Kick the Habit

The American Cancer Society wants Thursday, November 19th, to be the day for smokers to kick the habit.

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Related Topix: Charitable Organizations, Medicine, Life, Holidays, Thanksgiving, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The CW Washington, WDCW-TV

Smoking, Anesthesia & Surgery

Why you need to stop smoking now, especially if you're going under soon. Content courtesy of the American Society of Anesthesiologists November 19, 2009 If you smoke, anesthesiologists recommend that you stop smoking before surgery and stay off cigarettes until at least one week after surgery.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Anesthesiology, Lung Cancer

Science Daily

Cigarettes harbor many pathogenic bacteria

The research team describes the study as the first to show that "cigarettes themselves could be the direct source of exposure to a wide array of potentially pathogenic microbes among smokers and other people exposed to secondhand smoke." Still, the researchers caution that the public health implications are unclear and urge further research.

6 comments

Related Topix: France, World News, Medicine, Health

The Sofia Echo

Six hundred people sanctioned for smoking inside trains

A total of 606 people have been sanctioned for smoking while on the train in Bulgaria since the beginning of the year, Bulgarian news agency BTA said.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Physics Blog

Current cigarette smokers at increased risk of seizures

A recent study determined there is a significant risk of seizure for individuals who currently smoke cigarettes.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nursing

Red Deer Advocate

Alberta passes bill allowing it to sue tobacco companies for health costs

Health groups are celebrating after a bill was passed allowing the Alberta government to sue tobacco companies for health-care costs associated with tobacco-related diseases.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

News-Messenger

Fewer Ohioans lighting up than in past

Confronted with a public smoking ban, higher sin taxes and more anti-smoking efforts, fewer Ohioans are lighting up.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Ohio, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, US Politics, Ted Strickland, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Gouverneur Times

Ky. universities expand smoking, tobacco bans

The tobacco ban at the University of Kentucky includes outdoor areas and applies to chew, pipes, cigars and snuff as well as cigarettes.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, University of Kentucky, Louisville, KY, University of Louisville, Pikeville College

The Indianapolis Star

Purdue modifies smoking ban

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Purdue University has backed away from a total ban on smoking on its main campus and instead will limit it to specific areas while prohibiting smoking in university motor vehicles.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, West Lafayette, IN, Lafayette Metro, Purdue University, Ball State University

Science Daily

Study raises concerns about outdoor second-hand smoke

The study, thought to be the first to assess levels of a nicotine byproduct known as cotinine in nonsmokers exposed to second-hand smoke outdoors, found levels up to 162 percent greater than in the control group.

9 comments

Related Topix: Medicine, University of Georgia, Nicotine, NicoDerm, Nicotine (generic), Medication

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