Stop Smoking News Archive

24-Aug-2007

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NHS Stop Smoking Services Assessed, UK (Medical News Today)

New research commissioned by the National Institute for Health Research's Health Technology Assessment (NIHR HTA) programme will review the effectiveness of relapse prevention strategies provided by NHS Stop smoking Services to help those who have quit smoking from re-starting. [click link for full article]

Heart Disease Center (ThirdAge)

Heart disease is a leading cause of death in the United States. There are many different types of heart disease?some are congenital (people are born with them) and others develop over the course of time and affect people later in life.

Officials want state to ramp up stop-smoking campaign (Orlando Sentinel)

The engineers of Florida's historic $13 billion settlement again tobacco companies on Tuesday called for the state to ramp up its help for adults who want to quit smoking.

Phillipsburg man sentenced to state prison (The Morning Call)

Charges consist of possessing crack cocaine, resisting arrest. A Phillipsburg man who refused to stop smoking crack cocaine while being arrested was sentenced last week to three years in New Jersey state prison.

A healthy step to stop smoking (Gulf News)

The latest measures by the Emirates Standardisation and Metrology Authority to deter people from smoking, namely by carrying bolder, hence more visible, health warnings on cigarette packets, are positive steps in the nation's ongoing anti-smoking campaign.

Buy Flags Instead Of Fags To Show Patriotism, Says Zahid (Bernama)

JOHOR BAHARU, Aug 21 (Bernama) -- Deputy Information Minister Datuk Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has called on smokers to stop smoking for a day and use the money to buy the Jalur Gemilang.