Holdout smokers: Who they are and why they can’t quit
Despite high cost, it’s a stress reliever, many smokers say A home-invasion robbery at his South Side residence foiled Keith Shannon’s attempt to quit smoking. ... read more >>
View ArticleKansas ranks 39th in funding tobacco prevention programs
Kansas ranks 39th in the nation when it comes to funding tobacco prevention programs. “States like Kansas are not investing in comprehensive tobacco prevention and smoking cessation programs. We know...
View ArticleHawaii residents back anti-smoking efforts
More than nine of 10 Hawaii residents consider it important to continue using the state’s tobacco settlement money for smoking-cessation programs and to reduce smoking among minors, according to a new...
View ArticleHealth basket with anti-smoking drugs, courses ‘successful’
Since free courses and medications to help people quit smoking were added in January to the basket of health services, over 10,000 Israelis have taken a course and some have taken the drugs.Seven...
View ArticleTop court rules Ohio can use smoking prevention money for other purposes
Using $230 million from a tobacco use prevention fund to help prop up Ohio’s ailing economy in 2008 did not violate the state Constitution, the Ohio Supreme Court has ruled. The high court’s 7-0...
View ArticlePut tobacco tax where it belongs
The American Lung Association’s annual report card on smoking finds New York on the extremes in four categories. We get A’s for removing smoke from most public places and for having raised the tax on...
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