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Turia pleased with tobacco sale prosecution
Published July 9, 2009, 8:03 pm, Scoop.co.nz
Tariana Turia says the conviction of a Manurewa dairy owner should send a clear message that breaches of the smoke-free legislation will not be tolerated.
Health check—County now exploring ways to slow large claims
Published July 9, 2009, 7:31 pm, The Gleaner
Wellness programs, other preventive measures and related monetary incentives were among suggestions pitched Thursday in a county government "brainstorming" session sparked by a recent surge in claims in the county's health-care plan. No decisions were reached in the meeting among Henderson Fiscal Court members, county department heads and the administrators of the county's health plan, but ...
He binge-drinks -- but never in the U.S.!
Published July 9, 2009, 6:21 pm, Salon.com
He says he doesn't drink, but gets comatose when he travels
Free stop-smoking classes at CHCD
Published July 9, 2009, 5:55 pm, Camarillo Acorn
Free stop-smoking classes are scheduled from 11 a.m. to noon Mondays, starting July 13, and from 6 to 7 p.m. Thursdays, beginning July 16, at the Camarillo Health Care District, 3639 Las Posas Road. For the Monday class, the last day to join is July 20, and sessions will end on Aug. 31.
White Denim - Power trio on the road from Austin
Published July 9, 2009, 4:11 pm, Independent
It's late afternoon when I meet up with White Denim in a shabby pub in Shoreditch. Just a few hundred yards up the road, expensively sunglassed Hoxton trendies are sipping overpriced lattes in boutique coffee bars, but this is another world entirely. Scattered tables are surrounded by mismatched chairs that look as though they've been salvaged from a dump. An old row of cinema seats along the ...
Seven Staten Island parks facilities and all borough playgrounds will be tobacco-free
Published July 9, 2009, 3:15 pm, Staten Island Advance
Signs will be posted to remind park users not to light up
Busy week in store at the Clay County Fair
Published July 9, 2009, 2:31 pm, The Clay County Advocate-Press
Summer is here, there are plenty of bugs in the air, literally swimming through the humidity, and now the Clay County Fair has rolled around again as well. There are a lot of things planned for this year’s fair. “We’ve got a cooking contest that is in it’s second year; we are looking for contestants in that,” said Fair Board Secretary and Treasurer Marsha Craig. “We have motorcycle and ATV drag ...
Pre-cessation Patch Doubles Quit Success Rate
Published July 9, 2009, 1:14 pm, redOrbit
Using a nicotine patch before quitting smoking can double success rates, according to Duke University Medical Center researchers.
Tobacco Companies Target Black Community for Disease and Death
Published July 9, 2009, 11:30 am, Skanner
DENVER - “You've come a long way, baby,” was a 1970s advertising slogan for Virginia Slims cigarettes, at least one of which featured a Black woman with an afro, African print tunic top and bell-bottom jeans.
Capturing cell 'fingerprints' to advance cancer screening
Published July 9, 2009, 11:20 am, PhysOrg
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Northeastern University have developed an early-stage, highly accurate cancer screening technology that determines -- in seconds -- whether a cell is cancerous, precancerous or normal.
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