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[UK] U.K. advises smokers to use nicotine products to try to quit
Britain's independent health watchdog says for people who can't quit smoking cold turkey, it's OK to use nicotine products to help them cut down.
Jun 5, 2013
AP - Associated Press
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Jun 5, 2013 07:35
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Campaign Urges Smokers to Enlist Doctors' Help in Quitting
Getting help and advice from a doctor more than doubles the chances that smokers can kick the habit, and U.S. health officials and medical groups are launching a new campaign to make that happen for the nearly 70 percent of smokers who say they want to qu
May 28, 2013
HealthDay [HealthScout]
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Jun 5, 2013 07:32
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[UK] Smokers urged to 'cut down' rather than quit
New guidance from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) recommends that some people should try to limit their smoking while using nicotine gum and skin patches as a supplement, instead of simply giving up the habit.
Jun 5, 2013
Electronic Telegraph (uk)
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Jun 5, 2013 07:21
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[Asia, Malaysia] CHIN: Stop smoking!
However, quitting this addictive practice is easier said than done. The chemical nicotine in tobacco is the reason why people continue to feel the need to smoke.
Jun 2, 2013
The Star (my)
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Jun 4, 2013 09:56
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[Asia, Malaysia] Quit-smoking campaign team makes pit stop at Menara Star
GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare (GSK) launched a Pledge To Quit Right campaign in conjunction with World No Tobacco Day on May 31. The GSK team made a pit stop at Menara Star and got the staff members to post their pledges on the Pledge to Quit Right
Jun 3, 2013
The Star (my)
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Jun 4, 2013 09:51
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[Asia, Thailand] Thai smokers intent to
Half of the smokers responding to a Thailand poll this week were determined to stop smoking on World No Tobacco Day today, according to an ABAC poll conducted May 28-30 among 2,036 people aged over 18 years old in 17 provinces.
Jun 2, 2013
Pattaya Mail (th)
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Jun 4, 2013 09:47
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[Massachusetts] Casey Alexandre of Saugus inducted into Ex-Smokers’ Hall of Fame
Jun 2, 2013
Wicked Local (MA)
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Jun 4, 2013 02:02
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[UK-Scotland] Pregnant women to be offered smoking tests
The service will be offered to all women in the early stages of pregnancy and will indicate raised levels of exposure to the gas through smoking or passive smoking. Midwives can then refer women to stop-smoking support services, as well as additional ca
Jun 2, 2013
The Scotsman (uk)
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Jun 3, 2013 23:45
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[Malaysia] ppim: Look for more effective mechanism to make people quit smoking
The Malaysian Muslim Consumers Association (PPIM) wants the government to look for a more effective mechanism to make Malaysians quit smoking. Its activist chief, Datuk Nadzim Johan, said the reason being that increasing the price of cigarettes was not t
Jun 4, 2013
BERNAMA (Malaysian National News Agency) (my)
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Jun 3, 2013 23:37
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Pharmacological interventions for smoking cessation: an overview and network meta-analysis
NRT, bupropion, varenicline and cytisine have been shown to improve the chances of quitting. Combination NRT and varenicline are equally effective as quitting aids. Nortriptyline also improves the chances of quitting. On current evidence, none of the tre
May 31, 2013
The Cochrane Library (uk)
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Jun 2, 2013 22:50