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04-May-2009

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Renowned Smoking Cessation Expert Launches Popular Stop Smoking Seminar in UK (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

America's favorite smoking Cessation Expert Franc Tausch is launching the Stop smoking London Seminar. Attendees of the Stop smoking Hypnotherapy London event quit smoking in one day, without nicotine withdrawal or weight gain.

Bigfork Valley offers free smoking cessation class (Hibbing Daily Tribune)

BIGFORK ? Bigfork Valley and the Bigfork Valley Wellness Program will offer a free tobacco cessation class and support group on the first and third Wednesdays of each month beginning May 6. The class will be held in the main conference room off the lobby and run from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Paul Andersen will be the class instructor.

Tax hit putting squeeze on smokers - Mon, 04 May 2009 PST (The Spokesman-Review)

TACOMA ? The recession and the biggest federal cigarette tax increase in history ? a 62-cents-a-pack hike April 1 ? have sent Washington smokers scrambling for ways to quit. Analysts expect the higher prices to drive cigarette consumption down by about 6.25 percent, leading to an estimated $20.9 million loss in state tax revenue and tobacco settlement money.

Battery powered cigarettes becoming new trend (The Daily Athenaeum)

Cigarette smokers around the world are debating the pros and cons of the electronic cigarette, or e-cigarette. The e-cigarette consists of a battery powered stainless steel tube containing a vile of liquid nicotine that is heated, giving off steam. ?It?s sort of like smoking without the tobacco,? said Bruce W. Adkins, director of the Division of Tobacco Prevention in the West Virginia Bureau of ...

Stop-smoking clinic offered (Chambersburg Public Opinion)

CHAMBERSBURG -- A six-week clinic will be offered at Chambersburg Hospital for those who wish to quit smoking. The American Lung Association's Freedom From Smoking Clinic will begin at 6:30 p.m. May 6. The program is presented by Healthy Communities Partnership of Greater Franklin County.

Stop smoking signups due (Rome Sentinel)

Signups are due by Friday for Rome Memorial Hospital?s next smoking cessation program by calling Education Department at 338-7143. The sessions will be from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays May 6-27, in conference room 201 at Rome Memorial Hospital, 1500 N. James St.

Tax boost pricing many smokers out of habit (Seattle Times)

The recession and the biggest federal cigarette tax increase in history - a 62-cents-a-pack hike April 1 - have sent Washington smokers scrambling for ways to quit.

TN Helping Smokers Quit Ahead of Fee (KARK Little Rock)

Tennessee is pushing an aggressive new campaign to get state employees to stop smoking. Starting today, workers can get discounts on prescription and over-the-counter products like nicotine gum and the patch.