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CDC Urges Smokers to “Talk With Your Doctor” About Quitting

Bill is one of the participants in the CDC’s “Tips from Former Smokers” national ad campaign, which today rolled out a “Talk with Your Doctor” initiative. The initiative is intended both to motivate tobacco users to look to their health care providers fo
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK)
added May 24, 2013 12:08
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[Germany] Electronic Cigarettes – An Overview (PDF)

The German Cancer Research Center welcomes the suggestion made by the European Commission to regulate electronic cigarettes as medicinal products. For one thing, regulation as medicinal products guarantees good product quality and for another, the produc
German Cancer Research Center
added May 23, 2013 22:25
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Former Smoker Who Appeared In Anti-Smoking Commericial Is Honored By CDC

Mary Bubala explains you may not know her name but you've likely heard her voice. Her name is Terrie Hall, a former smoker who's known for appearing in anti-smoking TV ads. Hall is being honored by the CDC with a special award for her courage in tellin
WJZ 13 (Baltimore, MD)
added May 23, 2013 22:01
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Supplement / Death and taxes: using the latter to reduce the former

Taxation has become a First Principle of tobacco control worldwide, hailed by the World Bank's 1999 ‘bible’ of international tobacco control, Curbing the Epidemic: Governments and the Economics of Tobacco Control,1 and embodied in Article 6 of the Framewo
Tobacco Control
added May 23, 2013 13:41
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[Wisconsin] Smokers hotline sees uptick in calls due to national ad campaign

Wisconsin's Tobacco Quit Line has seen a surge of calls since March, when a national campaign called Tips from Former Smokers started.
Superior (WI) Daily Telegram
added May 23, 2013 13:22
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[UK] Beating cancer doesn’t make you kick habit

Cancer survivors are no more likely than the general population to quit smoking
Times Of London (uk)
added May 23, 2013 13:18
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CDC, Medical Groups Urge Smoker-Doc Chats

The CDC is partnering with five leading physician groups to encourage smokers to talk to their doctor about quitting the habit, and launched a national television and online ad campaign at an event here Wednesday.
MedPage Today
added May 23, 2013 13:08
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Men's Journal The Ex-Smoker's Vitamin of Choice

those who also popped a supplement containing gamma-tocopherol, a particular type of vitamin E, saw an additional 1.3 percent boost in function. That extra 1.3 percent may seem negligible, but it actually translates to big improvements in heart health, s
Men’s Journal
added May 23, 2013 12:06
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Why quit smoking at an older age?

A. In my patients who are smokers, one of the biggest obstacles to quitting is their belief that they've already damaged their body and quitting won't reverse that damage. I tell them that many careful studies have shown that their thinking is wrong. In
Chicago Tribune
added May 23, 2013 03:49
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Americans Still Making Unhealthy Choices: CDC

High rates of obesity, heavy drinking, smoking and inactivity reported, but most people getting enough sleep ... * Twenty percent of adults smoke, and less than one-half of smokers attempted to quit in the past year.
HealthDay [HealthScout]
added May 23, 2013 03:21
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