Smoking Stop - Payment, Shipping Bans Stub Out Cigarette-selling Websites

Bans on using credit cards to pay for cigarettes bought on Internet sites - combined with bans on commercial shippers delivering the products - appear to have effectively reduced the size and reach of the online cigarette sales industry, a new University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill study shows...

Stop Smoking - Barring Smokers From The Workplace

Letters to the editor regarding employers who decide not to hire workers based on their statuses as smokers.

Smoking Stop - Electronic Cigarettes Hold Promise As Aid To Quitting

A study led by Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) researchers reports that electronic cigarettes are a promising tool to help smokers stop, producing six-month abstinence rates nearly double those for traditional nicotine replacement products...

Stop Smoking - Md Anderson's Web-based Anti-smoking Program Targets Hispanic Youth

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center's popular web-based teen prevention and smoking-cessation program, ASPIRE (A Smoking Prevention Interactive Experience), now speaks Spanish. The 10-year-old program advances the institution's national commitment to help prevent teens from smoking or help them stop before it becomes a lifelong addiction...

Stop Smoking - Secondhand Smoke Laws May Reduce Childhood Ear Infections

Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers and colleagues from Research Institute for a Tobacco Free Society have found that a reduction in secondhand smoking in American homes was associated with fewer cases of otitis media, the scientific name for middle ear infection. The study appears as an online first article on the website of the journal Tobacco Control...

Smoking Stop - Minister Aglukkaq Marks National Non-smoking Week With A Focus On Smoking Prevention For Youth

The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, met with high school students to discuss ways to prevent young Canadians from taking up smoking. She was joined by Pierre Poilievre, Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister, and the local Member of Parliament for Nepean-Carleton...

Smoking Stop - "a Stark Warning:" Smoking Causes Genetic Damage Within Minutes After Inhaling

In research described as "a stark warning" to those tempted to start smoking, scientists are reporting that cigarette smoke begins to cause genetic damage within minutes - not years - after inhalation into the lungs...