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Star Scientific Announces Allowance of Patent Claims Covering Products for Weight Loss and Reduction in Tobacco Use

the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a Notice of Allowance for claims covering a product formulation that, among other uses, assists in weight loss and also the reduction of tobacco use. Application No. 12/826,985, entitled "Nutritional P
PR Newswire
added Jul 10, 2012 14:43
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[UK] 10,000 Birmingham smokers have quit in the past year

A RECORD 10,000 people in Birmingham have quit smoking over the past 12 months, it has been revealed. Figures show city stop smoking services are leading the national fight against smoking, and health bosses have unveiled a new campaign to help young pe
Birmingham Mail (uk)
added Jul 10, 2012 08:45
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Bulgaria's smoking ban restriction did not cut smoking rate drastically

Only 3% of the respondents say they quitted smoking after June 1, when the smoking ban came into force, as these are mostly people aged 30-39.
Focus English News (bg)
added Jul 10, 2012 07:31
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Bulgaria's smoking ban has not made many smokers give up – survey

according to a poll by the National Centre for the Study of Public Opinion. The survey was done among more than 1000 adults in 86 different cities and towns in Bulgaria between June 27 and July 3 and was aimed at assessing the results of the ban, which o
Sofia Globe
added Jul 10, 2012 07:27
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[Canada] A lifeline for society's most vulnerable smokers

Long ignored by a mental-health profession that 'deliberately absolved' them of the need to quit, people with mental illness are finally getting help for their stubborn addiction
Ottawa (Ont) Citizen (ca)
added Jul 9, 2012 09:46
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[Greece] Prisoners and cigarettes or 'imprisoned in cigarettes'? What helps prisoners quit smoking?

The aim of the study was, despite the special characteristics of prisons, to identify the features which led prisoners who attended the Smoking Cessation Centre at the Kassavetia Detention Centre in Volos (region of Thessaly, in the central part of mainl
7thSpace Interactive (portal)
added Jul 8, 2012 21:50
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[Connecticut] RICHTER: Twilight of the smokes

the world hasn’t come to an end. But who’da thunk it? Certainly not moi, who still has those “time for a smoke?” moments every day . . . the Meriden Health Department offers a free smoking cessation program with “the guidance and support you need to qui
Meriden (CT) Record-Journal
added Jul 8, 2012 13:39
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[Malaysia] LETTER: 'Daddy, give up smoking please – I want you to live'

HAR: I REFER to June H.L. Wong's "From the mouths of babes" (The Star, July 5) and agree that children can influence adults into quitting smoking. Last year, one Raymond Wong visited me at my centre
The Star (my)
added Jul 8, 2012 12:49
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Awareness and impact of New York City's graphic point-of-sale tobacco health warning signs

A policy requiring tobacco retailers to display graphic health warning signs increased awareness of health risks of smoking and stimulated thoughts about quitting smoking.
Tobacco Control
added Jul 8, 2012 11:30
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[Australia] AUDIO: Smokers and A Pleasure Worth Dying For

How does one renounce that path to relaxation and that connection with your vision of a more glamorous or masculine self? How do you beat addiction - and would you be the same person if you did?
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) (au)
added Jul 7, 2012 22:39
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