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Roundtable for Nov. 5 - Smoking ban passes, open enrollemnt and how you can help military families (St. Louis Beacon)
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| Posted 5:50 p.m. Fri., Nov. 6 - In this week's Beacon Roundtable, Dick Weiss, Mary Delach Leonard, Elia Powers and Dale Singer sit down to talk about the passage of the smoking ban in St. Louis County, how open enrollemnt might affect area schools and how you can help military families in the run... |
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06 Nov 09
23:55:36
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Don't Quit on the Quest to Stop Smoking (Black Voices)
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| Filed under: Women's Health , Men's Health , Diet & Nutrition , Fitness , Disease Prevention , Cancer On average, a smoker attempts to quit smoking seven times before she or he is successful, Virgie Bright-Ellington, M.D. writes in 'What Your Doctor Wants You To Know But Doesn't Have Time to Tell... |
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06 Nov 09
20:26:21
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SLO Considers Stricter Smoking Ban (KCOY Santa Maria)
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| The no-smoking law in San Luis Obispo could be getting a whole lot stricter. City officials are considering outlawing all tobacco products from outdoor public areas, including Downtown. |
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06 Nov 09
17:07:24
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Wenatchee teens take part in state smoking study (The Wenatchee World)
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| WENATCHEE ? Wenatchee High School students were part of a teen smoking study by the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. The study, published in mid-October, was the first time researchers proved that one-on-one counseling makes a significant difference in teen smoking rates. |
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06 Nov 09
16:39:16
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Light Cigarettes Encourage Smoking (NewsInferno)
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| Light cigarettes are not all they?re cracked up to be when it comes to quitting smoking, according to an emerging study, says WebMD. Experts found that the switch to what Web MD described as ?light,? ?ultra-light,? or ?low-tar? cigarettes could actually undermine well-intentioned smoking cessatio... |
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06 Nov 09
15:45:06
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Teachers College designing smoking cessation game (Adrenaline Vault)
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| Want to quit smoking? Video game designers at Teachers College, Columbia University hope that someday you will reach not for a cigarette, but a mobile game. The college announced Thursday that it has received a $150,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to explore how digital games ca... |
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06 Nov 09
15:05:59
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Hospital smoking shelters U-turn (BBC News)
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| Smoking shelters are re-installed in the grounds of a Sunderland hospital to stop people lighting up near entrances. |
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06 Nov 09
14:48:47
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Smoking ban may include fines (Ayer Public Spirit)
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| AYER -- Jason Mayo sometimes watches local fathers and children playing together at Pirone Park in disbelief. |
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06 Nov 09
12:45:21
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SGA discusses smoking restrictions (The Johns Hopkins News-Letter)
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| SGA questioned the validity of smoking statistics and signatures brought to them by Hopkins Kicks Butts, a student group hoping to get smoking banned on campus. |
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06 Nov 09
07:57:04
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College to implement new smoking restrictions (East Montgomery County Observer)
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| Based on a recent survey of Lone Star College-Kingwood students, faculty and employees and in light of new information about the increasing health risks of second-hand smoke, administrators have approved a new smoking ban policy to be implemented on campus. Effective Jan. 1, 2010, smoking will on... |
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06 Nov 09
07:20:56
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