Stop Smoking Now - Testing Idea Of Public Enforcing A Public Smoking Ban

Some New York City officials say the public could help enforce a proposal to extend limits on outdoor smoking.

Stop Smoking Now - 1,000 People A Day Stop Smoking With Nhs, Uk

Action on Smoking & Health has welcomed today's announcement from the Department of Health that the NHS in England helped a record 374,000 smokers to stop smoking last year. The figure refers only to those who stop for at least 4 weeks using NHS services and does not include the millions of smokers who try to go it alone every year...

Stop Smoking Now - A Hole In The Bar Where The Cigarette Machine Stood

Cigarette machines, once a familiar presence in most bars, have become scarce in a no-smoking atmosphere.

Stop Smoking - Teenage Smoking Linked To Higher Depression Risk

According to a recent sub-study, part of long-term Nicotine Dependence in Teens (NDIT) study based at the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre, University of Toronto and the University of Montreal, professionals discovered that smoking can increase depressive symptoms in teens...

Must Stop Smoking - No Smoking, Please. Or More. We Can’t Decide.

New York hates cigarettes, but is fond of the way they pay the bills.

Must Stop Smoking - Penn Receives Nih Grant For Personalized Smoking Cessation Research

A variety of smoking cessation treatments are currently available for the more than 18 million adult Americans try to stop smoking each year, but success rates vary widely. Despite the importance of quitting smoking, more personalized approaches to smoking cessation treatment are needed to help smokers pick the right method that will work best for them...

Must Stop Smoking - Bloomberg Weighs Smoking Ban In Parks

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said the ban made sense because it would cut the health risks of secondhand smoke and reduce littering by smokers.

Stop Smoking - Decreasing Lung Cancer Risk By Eating A Diverse Diet Of Vegetables

Adding a variety of vegetables to one's diet may help decrease the chance of getting lung cancer, and adding a variety of fruits and vegetables may decrease the risk of squamous cell lung cancer, especially among smokers. Study results are published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research...

Must Stop Smoking - A Shift Toward Fighting Fat

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which has spent $700 million to help fight smoking through research and advocacy since 1991, is shifting focus to childhood obesity through pledge of $500 million in spending over five years; foundation's antiobesity financing rose to $58 million in 2009, while its antismoking grants fell to $4 million, highlighting competition for private funds and shift in public health priorities; experts say without another antismoking advocate like Robert Wood Johnson, tobac...

Stop Smoking Now - Children Empowered To Skirt Alcohol And Tobacco Marketing Messages Via 'media Detective' Tool

Playing "media detective" allows children to understand the intentions of marketers and the goals of advertising while empowering them to resist messages that encourage alcohol or tobacco use. A study published in the current journal Pediatrics shows that teaching children as early as third grade to be more skeptical of media messages can help prevent substance use...

Must Stop Smoking - Greece: Tougher Smoking Ban Takes Effect Wednesday

The ban outlaws lighting up in all public indoor areas and prohibits most tobacco advertising. But how effective it will be is an open question.