Smoking Stop - Antismoking Poster Law In New York City Is Struck Down

A plan requiring that graphic images of diseased lungs and other body parts be displayed in New York convenience stores was struck down.

Stop Smoking - Today's Opinions: Ariz. Hospital And Abortion; Wall Street Journal's Issues With Politifact; Calif.'s Anti-smoking Success

The New York Times: A Matter Of Life Or Death St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix announced on Tuesday that it will continue to provide life-saving abortion care to patients even though it means losing its affiliation with the local Roman Catholic Diocese (12/23). The Washington Post: David Camp's Plan: Taxes Made Simple Many parents have heard FICA Screams...

Smoking Stop - $7.5 Million Award To Identify Potential Drug Candidates To Treat Nicotine Addiction

The Scripps Research Institute and the University of California, San Diego, (UCSD) School of Medicine have been awarded approximately $7.5 million over five years to develop novel compounds that could eventually become drug candidates for the treatment of nicotine dependence, and possibly other drug addictions. Of the funds awarded, $5 million will go to Scripps Research, $2.5 million to UCSD...

Stop Smoking - Leaders Must Implement Policies To Reduce Tobacco Use

Today's release of, "How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease: The Biology and Behavioral Basis for Smoking Attributable Disease" by U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin focuses attention on tobacco use and its devastating effects, including the major finding that there is no safe level of exposure to tobacco smoke...

Stop Smoking - E-cigarettes Warning: Safety Evaluation Urgently Needed, Researchers Say

Electronic cigarettes (or e-cigarettes), also called "electronic nicotine delivery systems," are increasingly used worldwide even though only sparse information is available on their health effects. In the United States, e-cigarettes are readily available in shopping malls in most states and on the Internet...

Stop Smoking - Blf Stresses Dangers Of Passive Smoke Following New Study, Uk

The British Lung Foundation is raising awareness of the dangers of passive smoking after a new report published in The Lancet shows around one in 100 deaths worldwide each year is due to passive smoke. Furthermore, the figures also reveal that more than 600,000 people die each year worldwide...