Stop Smoking News Archive

27-Nov-2006

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Will Sanofi's Wonder Drug Save the Day? (BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance)

Its multitask drug Acomplia is aimed at helping people lose weight, control cholesterol, and even stop smoking. And it comes at a crucial time

Cold Laser Demonstrated as Effective Stop Smoking Treatment (PR Web)

A cold laser used in stop smoking programs was demostrated to medical doctors at a recent educational conference. (PRWeb Nov 21, 2006) Trackback URI: http://www.prweb.com/dingpr.php/U2luZy1GYWx1LVNpbmctSGFsZi1NYWduLVplcm8=

?Commonsense? call in smoke row (The Evening Telegraph)

It would be foolish to expect staff to suddenly stop smoking on NHS Tayside sites now that hospital grounds are no-go areas for puffers other than inpatients, a union representative said today.

Up in smoke? Hypnosis has mixed success (phillyburbs.com)

Three weeks after they were hypnotized as part of a free smoking cessation program, four Bucks County residents are reporting mixed results.

Stop-smoking center to be established in area by network (Dayton Daily News)

KETTERING ? The Kettering Medical Center Network will establish one of five smoking-cessation centers funded by the Ohio Tobacco Prevention Foundation.

Smokeout celebrates 30th birthday (Carroll County Online)

Every year, smokers across the nation take part in the American Cancer Society's Great American Smokeout by quitting for the day on the third Thursday of November. It challenges people to stop using tobacco and raises awareness of the many.

Cold Laser Demonstrated as Effective Stop Smoking Treatment (PR Web via Yahoo! News)

Las Vegas NV (PRWEB) November 21, 2006 -- A medical training seminar was held in Las Vegas, where an expert experienced in using cold lasers to help people quit smoking and lose weight, demonstrated to medical doctors exactly how he uses cold lasers as part of a program to help patients stop smoking.

NASCAR drives in a smoke-free direction (Chicago Tribune)

Smoking and NASCAR always seemed to go together--a natural pairing for a sport whose roots were planted as firmly in the South as tobacco farming.

No ifs or butts: 'Ashtray Queen' agrees to stub it out in public (Times Online)

The chain-smoking Queen Margrethe of Denmark, who has been cruelly dubbed the "Ashtray Queen", has bowed to public opinion and decided to stop smoking in public....