Stop Smoking News Archive

01-Nov-2006

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Stop-smoking results shown (Rocky Mountain News)

More bad news for smokers, and another good reason to quit. A 25-year study found that at least one in four hard-core smokers will develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Big jump in number of NZers quitting smoking (Scoop.co.nz)

There?s been a 32 percent increase in the number of people who smoke registering on the Quitline programme to stop smoking.

'Quit smoking or lose care' order (BBC News)

A health trust says it is withdrawing home care services where patients refuse to stop smoking.

Certain Risks for Breast Cancer Can be Controlled (WTOL News 11)

NEW YORK -- The numbers are frightening! The American Cancer Society says that if every woman lived to be 85, 1 out of 8 of them would end up with breast cancer. There are many risk factors for the disease. Some you can control, others you can't do anything about -- like your genes.

If this image doesn't make you quit, nothing will (News Interactive)

THIS is an exclusive first look at an image of a fragile newborn caught up in a tangle of tubes that will soon be appearing on cigarette packs across the country.

Ban To Stop Smoking On Orange County Coastline Fails (NBC 4 Los Angeles)

ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. -- A proposal to ban smoking on seven miles of coastline in Orange County's jurisdiction failed to pass Tuesday. Supervisor Tom Wilson, who proposed the ban, voted in favor of the ban, along with Supervisor Lou Correa.

WHY A SKINFUL CAN PUT YEARS ON YOU (Daily Record)

THE boozy, stressful lifestyles of many Brits are putting years on them, a study has found. Junk food, pollution and too much sun are also blamed for prematurely ageing skin by an average of three years.