News tagged with smoking campaign
The lone 'sheriff' of the ashtray of Europe
Cancer sufferer Dietmar Erlacher's lonely anti-smoking campaign in Austria, one of Europe's last bastions of the habit, has won him insults, enemies and even several assaults.
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Apr 18, 2013 |
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States vary in implementation of smoking reduction policies
(HealthDay)—The prevalence of smoking and the implementation of combined interventions to reduce smoking vary between states, according to a report published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...
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Jan 29, 2013 |
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Smoking still takes a heavy toll in US, CDC finds
(HealthDay)—Even though proven anti-smoking strategies exist, more than 440,000 Americans still die each year from cigarette smoking or exposure to secondhand smoke, federal health officials said Friday.
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Jan 25, 2013 |
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Bioethics leader calls for bold approach to fighting obesity
Arguing that obesity "may be the most difficult and elusive public health problem the United States has ever encountered" and that anti-obesity efforts having made little discernible difference, Daniel Callahan, co-founder ...
Overweight and Obesity
Jan 22, 2013 |
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Vietnam law bans smoking in public
Vietnam has passed a law banning smoking in public places and all tobacco advertising, an official said Tuesday.
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Jun 19, 2012 |
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Anti-tobacco TV ads help adults stop smoking, study finds
Anti-tobacco television advertising helps reduce adult smoking, according to a study by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago's Institute for Health Research and Policy -- but some ads may be more effective ...
Addiction
Apr 19, 2012 |
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CDC: Ads spark huge increase to quit smoking line
(AP) -- More than twice as many people called a toll-free number to help them quit smoking a week after the launch of a $54 million ad campaign that shows graphic images of diseased smokers, federal health officials said ...
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Mar 30, 2012 |
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CDC launching graphic anti-smoking ad campaign
(AP) -- Tobacco taxes and smoking bans haven't budged the U.S. smoking rate in years. Now the government is trying to shock smokers into quitting with a graphic nationwide advertising campaign.
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Mar 15, 2012 |
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US: More work needed to stop youth tobacco use
(AP) -- More work needs to be done to keep young Americans from using tobacco, including creating smoking bans and increasing taxes on tobacco products, the U.S. Surgeon General's office said in a report ...
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Mar 08, 2012 |
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Positive media campaigns help minorities put down cigarettes
While African-American smokers are less likely to receive quitting advice from their doctors or use quit aids, media campaigns that offer positive encouragement can have an impact on getting them to quit, finds a new study.
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Apr 29, 2011 |
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