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Stop Smoking :: Help and advice articles and resources
There are many challenges faced when trying to quit smoking. We hope that you are able to gain excellent help and advice form the resources that we have provided.
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No Time For Complacency On Smoking, Warns Confederation Chair
The chair of the NHS Confederation, Bryan Stoten, has used National No-Smoking Day to warn against any complacency in the efforts to reduce smoking. Mr Stoten also said that, despite the financial pressures currently affecting public services, it was crucial for the NHS and society did not forget about the cost and harm of smoking...
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:00:00 PST
| Quit Smoking With The Help Of Your Mobile, UK
A new iPhone app that helps people to stop smoking was launched yesterday by Public Health Minister Gillian Merron. To coincide with 'No Smoking Day' on the 10 March, the Department of Health has released the first official NHS 'Quit Smoking' app for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Available from iTunes, http://www.smokefree.nhs...
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:00:00 PST
| Years Of Smoking Associated With Lower Parkinson's Risk, Not Number Of Cigarettes Per Day
Researchers have new insight into the relationship between Parkinson's disease and smoking. Several studies have shown that smokers have a lower risk of developing Parkinson's disease...
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:00:00 PST
| Visit Your Pharmacy This No Smoking Day
Helping a man to stop smoking after 43 years and supporting a woman to quit cigarettes following 15 previous relapses are just two examples where a local pharmacy made the difference of a life time...
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:00:00 PST
| Program Could Help Teens Control Asthma
An asthma program specifically tailored to teens could help those in rural areas manage their disease and avoid potentially fatal complications, Medical College of Georgia researchers say. Black males have a death rate from asthma that is six times greater than their white counterparts, and Dr...
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:00:00 PST
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State senator introducing smoking-cessation bill (The San Francisco Examiner)
The American Lung Association in California will join the state senator and other advocacy groups at 10 a.m. today in the lobby of San Francisco General Hospital, 1001 Potrero Ave., as he announces sweeping legislation (Senate Bill 220) requiring health insurance companies to cover smoking-cessation...
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:03:57 GMT
| Recession Not Standing in the Way of Weight-Loss and Smoking-Cessation Coach (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Mark Patrick Media, a leader in weight-loss and smoking-cessation programs, has submitted an application to “Inc. 500” for inclusion in its annual 500 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in America list. The company’s record-setting growth rate of over 436 percent in the past four years outpaces the U.S.’s GDP growth over the same time period by a 4,600 percent margin.
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:00:00 GMT
| New cessation therapy more like smoking (UPI)
DURHAM, N.C., March 11 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers suggest delivering nicotine to the lungs may give smokers a good way to kick the habit.
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:08:29 GMT
| W.Pa. schools urge personnel to kick smoking habit (The York Dispatch)
PITTSBURGH—Keeping their employees from smoking on school grounds isn t enough for local school districts officials—they want them to ditch the habit altogether.
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:03:20 GMT
| No Time For Complacency On Smoking, Warns Confederation Chair (Medical News Today)
The chair of the NHS Confederation, Bryan Stoten, has used National No-Smoking Day to warn against any complacency in the efforts to reduce smoking. Mr Stoten also said that, despite the financial pressures currently affecting public services, it was crucial for the NHS and society did not forget about the cost and harm of smoking. He said: "Enormous public health success has been achieved by ...
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:31:14 GMT
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