Thursday, July 21st, 2011
The perception by teenagers and young adults that heavy cigarette smoking is a high-risk activity has declined in many states, according to a study on substance abuse and mental health released on Thursday.
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Wednesday, December 8th, 2010
When Massachusetts started paying for stop-smoking treatments, people not only kicked the habit but also had fewer heart attacks, researchers reported on Tuesday in the first study to show a clear payoff from investing in smoking prevention efforts.
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Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
People who want to give up smoking may be entitled to Medicare cover for evidence-based cessation counseling, the HSS (Department of Health and Human Services, USA) announced. Before this announcement, only individuals with a tobacco-related disease were entitled to Medicare cover for counseling to give up smoking. From now on, ...
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Friday, August 20th, 2010
The number of U.S. movies showing people smoking has declined since 2005, but cigarettes still feature about half of the most popular movies and could be influencing young people to take up the habit, according to a report.
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Friday, April 30th, 2010
AMA President, Dr Andrew Pesce, said today that the Government's package of anti-smoking measures would save lives and improve the health of many Australians. Dr Pesce said the AMA has been an advocate for higher taxes on tobacco for many years. "It is well known that the price of tobacco ...
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