Stop Smoking News Archive

18-Sep-2006

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Upcoming Events (Southern Illinoisan)

Date: August 25th. Time: 8-10 am. Location: Marion Senior Center. Cost: $15. Includes a lipid panel, anemia and fasting blood sugar. Gentleman can pay an additional $10 and get a PSA. Call 618-998-7333 for more information.

Steroids for Treatment of Sudden Hearing Loss (Newswise)

A new study evaluates the effect of intratympanic steroid injections in patients with sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) after failure to respond to systemic steroid treatment.

NHS Confederation Comment On Healthcare Commission's Review Of Tobacco Control, UK (Medical News Today)

Jo Webber, Deputy Director of policy at the NHS Confederation, which represents over 90 per cent of NHS organisations, said:"More than 1,600 people die from smoking in England each week, with official figures showing that the greatest number of smoking related deaths occur in the most deprived areas. [click link for full article]

Heart Walk (The Daily Item)

ELYSBURG ? Sunday was a beautiful day for a walk, especially after the sun burned off the fog, and a large crowd turned out to do just that for the annual American Heart Association Heart Walk at Knoebels Amusement Resort.

Stop smoking if the doctor calls (Gazette)

A SCHOOLBOY rugby player today saluted his pitchside hero and said: "You saved my life." ... AN INVESTIGATION has revealed internal rows contributed to an overspend of more than £113,000 in Bla...

Man swears to stop smoking marijuana after jail experience (Tobago News)

A young man swore in the Scarborough Second Court on Monday that he was prepared to stop smoking marijuana after his "horrible" experience in jail while in police custody over the weekend.

$400 Stop-Smoking 'Cure' Questioned (Join Together Online)

Welplex, Inc. , claims its $400 stop-smoking regimen "encompasses the best that medical science has to offer for the treatment of nicotine addiction," but skeptics have raised a number of questions about the intervention and the company's marketing, the St. Petersburg Times reported Sept. 9.

Education, not clean-up, is what the city needs (Alamogordo Daily News)

Your articles on cigarette butts have been duly noted over the past few months. The idea of donating receptacles to be placed in public places was objectionable to me, as I felt money donated to a "stop smoking campaign" might be a better investment.

The many faces of Maggie (NorthJersey.com)

"Sherrybaby," actress Maggie Gyllenhaal is stripped to the bone -- emotionally and literally. It is a raw and vulnerable performance, the kind of role that works only when the actress in question is able to lose herself inside the character.

North no smoking efforts praised (BBC News)

Efforts to stop people smoking in parts of north-east England are praised by the Healthcare Commission.