Quitting Smoking

Woman's quit-smoking plan: Hit a deputy, authorities allege

2013-05-11 11:47:00

Authorities in Sacramento allege that a woman slapped a deputy as a way to go to jail and stop smoking. On Friday, Etta Lopez was sentenced to 63 days in jail for battery of a peace officer. She pleaded no contest to the misdemeanor charge and was...

Should smokers pay more for health insurance?

2013-03-29 08:33:00

I’m one of those non-smoking California types who has grown “allergic” to smoking. Can’t stand to be around people who smoke, can’t stand the way they stink up the joint, can’t stand to look at an ashtray full of butts....

Smokers are better off quitting, even though they'll gain weight

2013-03-12 15:10:00

Attention smokers: Have you been putting off quitting because you’re afraid you’ll gain weight? Do you tell yourself that those extra pounds will be just as damaging to your heart as cigarettes? A new study says it’s time to get real and...

Do companies that refuse to hire smokers help them or harm them?

2013-03-28 05:30:00

The Cleveland Clinic is a world-famous medical center that is consistently ranked among the top hospitals in the country. It goes without saying that the health professionals who work there don’t condone smoking. In fact, since 2007, the clinic...

Debi Austin, featured in anti-smoking 'Voicebox' ad, dies

2013-02-27 07:34:00

Letters: Cigarettes, unsafe at any number

2013-01-27 00:00:00

Re "It pays to quit smoking at any age," Jan. 24 A comment in the article suggests the need to determine a relationship between the number of cigarettes smoked daily and the extent of disease that results. There is no safe use for any tobacco product....

Future wellness efforts may include advice based on genes

2012-09-13 00:00:00

As medical advances continue to deliver ever-more effective treatments for symptoms and diseases, some doctors say it's time to focus on keeping people from getting sick in the first place. In other words: Prevention needs to be the priority of the...

Backers of Prop. 29 tobacco tax concede defeat

2012-06-22 16:40:06

New cigarette warning labels unveiled

2011-06-22 08:23:00

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Tuesday unveiled a group of graphic images and messages that will cover the top half of every cigarette package in the United States starting in fall 2012. -------------------- FOR THE RECORD: An...

Nicotine patches, gum don't prevent relapse, study finds

2012-01-09 22:58:00

Vaclav Havel dies at 75; Czech leader of '89 'Velvet Revolution'

2011-12-18 11:26:00

Vaclav Havel, the former dissident playwright who led Czechoslovakia's 1989 "Velvet Revolution" against communism and then served as his country's president, died Sunday. He was 75. Havel, a former chain smoker with chronic respiratory problems, had been...

Stop-smoking programs show success in helping smokers quit

2011-11-28 15:01:00

definition for e-cigarette (noun): a cigarette-shaped device containing a nicotine-based liquid that is vaporized and inhaled, used to simulate the experience of smoking tobacco: more smokers are turning to electronic cigarettes to help them quit smoking

2012-08-23 00:00:00

Jack Ferrara, 70, a smoker for 58 years, quit smoking two years ago after enrolling in the Tobacco Free Florida's Quit Smoking Now Program offered by Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine.

2012-04-10 00:00:00

The Centers for Disease Control is unveiling a new ad campaign to get smokers to stop smoking & those educate would be smokers on the dangers. The new ad campaign is called "Tips from Former Smokers".

2012-03-15 11:50:38