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Vapor tales: Advocates say e-cigarettes help them quit
The BladeWhen doctors informed Josh Harris, that he had to quit smoking or he'd continue to be plagued with upper respiratory infections, the Toledo man immediately started looking for a substitute. Not yet ready to completely give up smoking, Mr. Harris opted...Tags: Health Treatments, Quitting Smoking, Science and Technology, Acupuncture, COPD
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Do school programs keep kids from smoking?
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Certain school-based programs that aim to keep kids from smoking cigarettes seem to work, according to a fresh look at some past research. After examining over a hundred "gold standard" studies, researchers found that school-...Tags: Research, Teaching and Learning, Science and Technology, Health and Safety at School, Students
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State program helps Floridians quit smoking
Florida voters have given lifelong smokers such as Jack Ferrara new reason to breathe easy. After a number of tries with nicotine patches, acupuncture and hypnosis failed him, the Hollywood retiree finally snuffed out his 58-year cigarette habit —...
Tags: Health Treatments, American Lung Association, Osteopathic Medicine, Diseases and Illnesses, Nova Southeastern University
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Police Files
AREA 1 North Coast Highway: A caller reported patrons at the Crescent Bay Inn refused to leave in the 1400 block at 11:46 a.m. Friday. Wave Street: A woman reported her medication and purse were stolen from a vehicle in the 200 block at 6:03 p.m....Tags: Personal Data Collection, Politics, Theft, Interior Policy
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Pasco may snuff out smoking in county buildings
The Tampa TribuneAll county-owned buildings could be tobacco-free if Pasco commissioners adopt a new wellness program aimed at lowering the county's health care costs. "I don't have a problem with it," smoker Angela Boggs said outside the Robert Sumner Judicial Center...Tags: Health Insurance Cost, North Miami, Tobacco Products, Quitting Smoking, Career and Workplace
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House passes ban on pipes, bongs
TALLAHASSEEThe House passed a measure Wednesday to send hookahs and bongs up in smoke. The bill (HB 49) passed 112-3 and bans all pipes made of metal, acrylic, plastic, ceramic, glass or stone along with smoking devices such as hookahs and bongs. The bill...Tags: West Palm Beach, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Politics, St. Petersburg (Pinellas, Florida), Elections
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Cigarette labels may educate about bladder cancer
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Graphic warning labels on packs of cigarettes may convince some people that smoking ups the risk of bladder cancer, says a new study from Canada. A survey of 291 people at doctors' offices in Toronto found less than half...Tags: American Cancer Society, Lung Cancer, Medical Research, Health Treatments, Tobacco Products
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How much do you know about agriculture?
Take the quiz to see how much you know about agriculture. For each item, circle the answer you think comes closest to defining these agricultural terms. The correct answers are at the end of the quiz. 1. PRRS a. A manual for repairing sensor-...Tags: Farms, Mental Health, U.S. Congress
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U.S. to revise cigarette warning labels
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The U.S. government is abandoning a legal battle to require that cigarette packs carry a set of large and often macabre warning labels depicting the dangers of smoking and encouraging smokers to quit. Instead, the Food and...
Tags: Tobacco Products, Reynolds American Incorporated, Eric Holder, U.S. Supreme Court, Philip Morris USA
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Harford fifth-graders pledge never to try smoking
Thousands of fifth-graders around Harford County have pledged never to try tobacco by signing their names on banners that will be exhibited on National Kick Butts Day March 20. Harford County Health Department's Cigarette Restitution Fund Tobacco Program...Tags: Edgewood, Tobacco Products, Teaching and Learning, Health, Woodbridge
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C. Everett Koop dies at 96; former U.S. surgeon general
In the mid-1980s, the emerging AIDS epidemic was a high-profile target of vocal conservatives. Politicians and the religious right called for sweeping measures against those diagnosed with AIDS, including quarantine of patients, mandatory screening of...
Tags: Social Issues, Diseases and Illnesses, World War II (1939-1945), Behavioral Conditions, Coney Island
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C. Everett Koop, 'rock star' surgeon general, dies
NEW YORK (AP) — Dr. C. Everett Koop has long been regarded as the nation's doctor— even though it has been nearly a quarter-century since he was surgeon general. Koop, who died Monday at his home in Hanover, N.H., at age 96, was by far the...
Tags: Social Issues, Diseases and Illnesses, National Institutes of Health, Surgery, Euthanasia
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