“He’s been working very hard to stop,” press secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters when asked how the president was doing with his nicotine addiction. “Has the president quit?” reporters clamored. “I have not seen or witnessed evidence of any smoking in probably nine months,” Gibbs responded. at the same time Gibbs never explicitly confirmed...
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The Irish Times – Saturday, November 27, 2010 ASH IRELAND and the Irish Cancer Society have welcomed a new study by the Word Health Organisation (WHO) highlighting the dangers of passive smoking. The Lancet found passive smoke kills more than 600,000 people annually around the world, an estimated 1 per cent of all deaths....
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Cigarettes are getting their butts kicked off campus. The University of Oregon announced Wednesday that it plans to go entirely tobacco-free as part of a new initiative promoting healthy lifestyles for students, faculty and staff. That means no tobacco use — cigarettes or otherwise — anywhere on campus. But the ban won’t go into...
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Smoking has been a part of me for more than 20 years. I started smoking before I was old enough to drive and have been at it ever since. I am not sure how I even started smoking. if I remember correctly I held a friends cigarette for her at a party, took a...
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There are nearly as many methods for quitting smoking as there are ex-smokers. Those who succeeded in breaking nicotine’s bonds cite everything from quitting cold turkey to hypnosis and even prescription lozenges as effective ways to stop smoking. The first two weeks after quitting smoking are critical to a person’s success. This article goes...
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These are not frivolous last minute gifts (though you can last minute since they are down-loadable) I own and use several of these services and have given many gifts to friends and family ans primary and stocking stuffers. Take my advice and give a gamer a game, a trader the tools to trade with...
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Image via Wikipedia10 Websites to Help you Kick your Smoking Addiction (and Improve your Health)Not surprising, when you consider that’s the stumbling block for many an addiction… smoking included. the benefits of quitting smoking are too many – from increasing your energy to lessening your medical bills. and of course, making life just a...
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I know, it's not expensive to "simply" stop, but it's not that simple and I've tried it that way many times. It just doesn't work. I go to buy stop smoking aids, which are conveniently right next to the cigarettes in most stores. I see $50 for a cessation kit, and $4 for a...
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ALTOONA, BLAIR COUNTY – The Federal Drug Administration is talking about some new extreme measures to stop people from smoking. They want to put graphic pictures right on the packages of cigarettes, to scare people into quitting the habit. The US government says 443,000 people die each year because of smoking. And the FDA...
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I know about drinking and smoking being terrible for you. I know it is terrible to drive while drunk. I know it is terrible to beat up kids. I have known this since I was 10, I am 51 now, why do they think I need reminding? No there isn't. Maybe you know about...
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