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[UK] Smoking teenagers 'age 20' years with new app from Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

STUDENTS in Kendal have been given a shocking insight into how much they could age if they carry on smoking or start lighting up. They got a glimpse into the future by using a new free application that has been developed by Cumbria Partnership NHS Found
This is the Lake District (Westmoreland Gazette) (uk)
added Mar 19, 2013 11:32
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[Australia] BARNSLEY: Butt out of pensioners' lives

The Retirement Benefits Fund should not invest in the tobacco industry, writes Kathryn Barnsley. ... It is not only unethical, immoral, corrupt and has behaved with criminal intent, but it is an industry that will eventually die off as countries realis
Hobart (Tas) Mercury (au)
added Mar 18, 2013 10:13
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[North Carolina] Asheville Terrace plans to go smoke free

Asheville Terrace Apartments, which offers subsidized housing for older adults, plans to ban smoking inside apartments. "We felt very strongly that really it's long overdue for the health of everybody who occupies the dwelling," said Lawrence Gilliam, pr
Asheville (NC) Citizen-Times
added Mar 11, 2013 02:10
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[UK] Cheltenham forensic artists reveals the facial damage of smoking

An app has been launched to shock them into quitting ... The Smoking Time Machine app is available to download for free for one month on iTunes via the link http://bit.ly/WtjIp2.
This Is Gloucester
added Mar 10, 2013 13:11
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Postmenopausal smokers are more likely to lose teeth due to periodontal disease

Postmenopausal women who have smoked are at much higher risk of losing their teeth than women who never smoked, according to a new study by UB researchers published and featured on the cover of the Journal of the American Dental Association.
University of Buffalo
added Mar 8, 2013 13:24
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[Georgia] RJ Reynolds Smokes Part Of Age Discrimination Suit ($$)

won a partial victory against an age discrimination collective action Wednesday, when a federal judge in Georgia found that only employees, not job seekers, could pursue disparate impact claims against the companies.
Law360
added Mar 8, 2013 06:49
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[New York] Postmenopausal smokers 6 times likelier to experience tooth loss

are at a greater risk of losing their teeth as compared to their peers who have never taken up the habit. The study involved 1,106 women who participated in the Buffalo OsteoPerio Study, an offshoot of the Women`s Health Initiative, (WHI), the largest cl
ANI (in)
added Mar 3, 2013 13:22
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[Missouri] Elderly man dies after catching on fire while smoking cigar

when officers arrived, they found the 97-year-old man inside the home with severe burns.
KFVS Channel 12 (Cape Girardeau, MO)
added Feb 28, 2013 04:36
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[Massachusetts] Deadly Westfield Fire Caused by Smoking with Home Oxygen

The apartment complex, which houses mostly elderly residents, was evacuated when the fire broke out on the second floor. The Red Cross assisted those displaced by the fire, while some residents were allowed back into their units. At a press conference W
abc40 WGGB-TV (Springfield, MA)
added Feb 28, 2013 03:50
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[Massachusetts] Westfield senior housing fire caused by cigarette smoking in vicinity of home oxygen system

A fire at General Shepard Apartments that took the life of 72-year-old resident Margaret A. Lunden was started by a cigarette smoking in the presence of a home oxygen system, state Fire Marshal Steven D. Coan said.
Springfield (MA) Union-News and Sunday Republican
added Feb 27, 2013 18:34
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