Stop Smoking News Archive

23-Jun-2006

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A tale of two goals, but which one first? (Quad-City Times)

Q: Is it best to stop smoking, then start exercising, or start exercising and then stop smoking? A: Sounds like you have some admirable goals. To answer this one, we went to Jeremy Koerber, lead exercise specialist at the BJC WellAware Center.

Stop-smoking lasers are called fraudulent (Miami Herald)

Smokers who pay hundreds of dollars to be zapped by lasers purported to help them quit are victims of fraud, a watchdog group alleged Thursday.

Sidon goes all out with anti-smoking drive (The Daily Star Lebannon)

It is impossible to miss the sea of billboards lining the roads of this Southern port city. Giant images of children seem to be posted everywhere in an attempt to persuade Sidon's residents to stop smoking. One poster even shows a child ordering his father to keep a cigarette away for fear of his life. The advertising blitz is part of a campaign launched Saturday by the Life Makers Association.

Group: Stop-Smoking Lasers A Fraud (CBS News)

Public Citizen has petitioned the FDA to stop five laser companies from promoting low-power laser therapy for people who want to quit smoking. These companies do not have FDA approval to market the lasers for that purpose.

Exercise: Key to good sex, good sleep (CNN.com)

Everybody knows exercise is key to a good ticker and a more sleek physique. But did you know working out may improve your sex life, trigger a better night's sleep and help you stop smoking?

Watchdog group seeks crackdown on "stop-smoking" lasers (WOOD TV 8)

WASHINGTON A watchdog group calls laser smoking therapy "massive fraud." Public Citizen wants a federal crackdown on five companies that promote low-power...

Stop-smoking lasers called a huge fraud (The Star-Ledger)

WASHINGTON -- Smokers who pay hundreds of dollars to be zapped by lasers purported to help them quit are victims of fraud, a watchdog group alleged yesterday in seeking a federal crackdown.

Pen pals (San Francisco Bay View)

P.H.A.T. (Protecting the 'Hood Against Tobacco), along with researchers at the UCSF and the SF African American Tobacco Free Project are doing a community research study. This community-driven project aims to help African American residents of SF who want to stop smoking.

Watchdog group seeks crackdown on lasers touted as stop-smoking aid (San Diego Union-Tribune)

WASHINGTON ? Smokers who pay hundreds of dollars to be zapped by lasers purported to help them quit are victims of fraud, a watchdog group alleged Thursday in seeking a federal crackdown.

Botswana: Anti-Smoking Group Holds Training Workshop (AllAfrica.com)

The Stop smoking Support Group (SSSG) held its first workshop last week to empower and train people on peer counselling.