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Do people Use Apps to help them to Quit Smoking? by nasser dhim on Prezi

Smartphone apps for smoking cessation, preliminary results of uptake descriptive study
Prezi
added Oct 23, 2012 10:00
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Anti-Bullying Activist: Sarah Palin Chewing Tobacco Is 'Upside of Oral Cancers'

Sex columnist and founder of the much-ballyhooed LGBT anti-bullying organization Dan Savage has harnessed his considerable platform once again to wish harm on someone he disagrees with. This time it was Sarah Palin.
The Blaze
added May 6, 2013 01:35
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Controversial smoking apps hit market

More than 100 pro-smoking apps are currently on the market, ranging from virtual cigarettes to nicotine-themes battery widgets. In fact, one app even lets you roll your own virtual tobacco. However, researchers with the American Cancer Society believe t
WPRI Fox 12 (East Providence, RI)
added Dec 8, 2012 14:59
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[Pennsylvania] Smokers burned by Internet cigarette sales

Pennsylvania’s Department of Revenue says Funfar and at least 23,000 other residents cheated the state by not paying state and local taxes on more than 1.9 million cartons of cigarettes they bought online or through the mail. Some owe tens of thousands o
Pittsburgh (PA) Tribune-Review
added Nov 13, 2012 04:23
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[Lithuania, Russia] Stubbing out Kaliningrad's illicit cigarette trade

In spite of the installation of increasingly sophisticated surveillance equipment, Lithuanian authorities are still struggling to eradicate a highly lucrative cross-border traffic in cigarettes with the neighbouring Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. Their
Presseurop.eu (fr)
added Sep 27, 2012 08:59
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Most Web tobacco sales banned in Arizona

Face-to-face interaction is now a must when purchasing most tobacco products in Arizona. A law that went into effect this week bans the sale of tobacco products -- except for pipe tobacco and cigars -- via the Internet and any other method of sale that
AZ Central - Arizona Republic
added Aug 4, 2012 13:55
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[Canada] Breaking the law to quit smoking

The product is not cocaine or marijuana. It is nicotine delivered via electronic cigarettes, which cannot be legally imported or sold in this country, but are widely available south of the border. The users are smokers or former smokers who have unsucces
Vancouver (BC) Sun (ca)
added Dec 26, 2012 00:11
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First Ever Evidenced-Based Quit Smoking App Launches on Facebook

UbiQUITous provides smokers with free online quit assistance while deepening the research about the usability and success of quit smoking apps
American Legacy Foundation
added Dec 18, 2012 14:41
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[Ireland] App 'could detect' illegal cigarettes

Bar-codes on illegal cigarettes could be read by a smartphone app, giving gardaí, customers and retailers instant information on whether tax has been paid on the product.
Irish Times (ie)
added Nov 22, 2012 06:37
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HHS Launches BeTobaccoFree.gov

Timing the announcement to coincide with this year's Great American Smokeout, the U.S Department of Health and Human Services launched BeTobaccoFree.gov on Nov. 15, describing it as a comprehensive website offering the "best and most up-to-date tobacco-r
Occupational Health and Safety
added Nov 19, 2012 15:28
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