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- Tobacco Free Florida has helped 72,000 people quit through its 3 Ways to Quit services. - TALLAHASSEE, Fla., April 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The fifth annual Tobacco Free Florida Week runs from April 6-13. Themed "High Five: Celebrating Five Years of Tobacco Free Florida Week," it will highlight progress made in protecting Floridians from tobacco's deadly toll. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130409/FL91627-INFO-a) (Photo:...

Asian Smokers' Quitline to Provide Nationwide Cessation Services SAN DIEGO, Oct. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Asian Smokers' Quitline (www.asiansmokersquitline.org), operated by the University of California, San Diego, is now offering free nationwide telephone assistance for Chinese-, Korean-, and Vietnamese-speakers who want to quit smoking, including a two-week starter kit of nicotine patches. The patches are an FDA-approved treatment proven to help smokers quit....

Quitline to provide free help for all Washington adults who want to quit using tobacco OLYMPIA, Wash., Aug. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Adults in Washington who are considering quitting tobacco can now get free help from the Department of Health's toll-free Washington State Tobacco Quitline. Calling a quitline significantly increases a person's chances of kicking the habit. New funding from the Washington State Legislature and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

Tough new warning labels take effect today Factsheet: Larger Health Warning Messages for Cigarettes and Little Cigars OTTAWA, June 19, 2012 /CNW/ - The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, and Chris Alexander, Member of Parliament for Ajax-Pickering, announced that, as of today, retailers must only sell cigarette and little cigar packages that display the new, larger health warning messages. "Today we've fulfilled our promise to put new, larger health warnings...

(Ivanhoe Newswire) – Smoking quitlines have been heralded as an effective and inexpensive way to curb smoking addiction.  Now, a new study reveals that they could potentially intervene in alcohol addiction as well. There have been numerous studies showing the link between drinking and smoking behaviors, but few smoking quitlines actually screen and counsel callers about alcohol abuse. In the first study of its kind, researchers examined the drinking patterns of callers to the New York...

Stores must sell only packages with larger health warnings as of June 19, 2012 OTTAWA, June 11, 2012 /CNW/ - The health warnings that smokers have seen on their cigarette packs for more than a decade will soon be history. New, larger health warning messages--announced by Health Canada last September--have been phased into stores throughout the spring. As of June 19, retailers may only sell cigarettes and little cigars in packaging that displays the new health warnings. The...

WASHINGTON, May 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a statement of Matthew L. Myers, President, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080918/CFTFKLOGO) We urge the North Carolina General Assembly to reject a legislative committee's proposal to slash funding for the state's highly successful tobacco prevention programs and instead maintain funding at the current level of $17.3 million a year. It would be truly penny-wise and...

OTTAWA, May 17, 2012 /CNW/ - For smokers who are thinking about quitting, there are resources available to help them kick their habit for good. Telephone counselling is one option that can help. In fact, studies show that smokers who receive phone counselling are more than one and one-half times more likely to stay smoke-free than those who don't receive counselling. In Canada, all provinces and territories offer free telephone counselling to smokers through "quitlines."...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va., April 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Three comprehensive behavioral health care centers have become referral sites for the West Virginia Prescription Drug Abuse Quitline to assist in recovery and treatment of prescription drug abusers. The three centers are: Westbrook Health Services in Parkersburg; Healthways, Inc., in the Northern Panhandle; and Valley HealthCare System in Morgantown. "The quitline is a single point of entry where people who are suffering with...

OTTAWA, April 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Canada is a world leader in tobacco control.  Smoking is at an all-time low in Canada, with smoking rates dropping to a historic low of 17%.  The number of Canadians who smoke on a daily basis is even lower, at 13%.   Our government is proud of the work we have done, and is now refocusing our anti-smoking grants and contributions program towards populations with higher smoking rates.  In particular, aboriginal populations within Canada...