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Letters to the Editor
Lagos :: Portugal | 11 days ago
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Terlion, who works for Highmark, as pointed out by the PG, exclaimed, "Insurance companies aren't the bad guy here!" Well, can anyone at Highmark or any other insurance company explain to me why my quadriplegic friend was denied by his health-care provider...
Tags: insurance companies, Portugal, smoke ban, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Insurance, care provider, Congress, Lagos, Healthcare reform in the United States, Habits, Smoking ban, Health insurance, Insurance, Smoking, Tobacco, Public health, Health Medical Pharma
Woman can quit smoking, lose weight
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 11 days ago
Credibility Women who quit smoking while receiving treatment for weight control are better able to control weight and quit cigarettes, U.S. researchers say. Lead author Bonnie Spring, a professor of preventive medicine at the Northwestern University Feinberg School...
Tags: quit smoke, Chicago, Nicotine, Cigarette, Health effects of tobacco, Tobacco smoking, Tobacco, Smoking, Smoking cessation, Health Medical Pharma
JRA Best Workplaces Awards takes a risk
Ash :: United Kingdom | 11 days ago
Credibility I understand workers at BAT were asked to rank their workplace and that final judgement is based on these employee responses,” Stone said. “But of course a company that kills so many of its customers has to offer its employees great incentives to work...
Tags: JRA Best Workplaces Awards, United Kingdom, Ash, Tobacco, Smoking, Human Interest, Tobacco industry, Habits, Cigarettes, Mￄﾁori, Tobacco control movement, Public health
Sufferers can can avoid that sinking feeling
Birmingham :: United Kingdom | 11 days ago
Credibility I noticed a rather forlorn figure at the far end of the carriage. The man in his 60s had stood up and was gripping the seat intensely...A quarter of an hour later he was up again, this time leaning over the back of the seat. On closer inspection, I noticed...
Tags: United Kingdom, Birmingham, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Emphysema, Bronchitis, Lung transplantation, Pneumonia, Pulmonology, Respiratory diseases, Smoking, Health Medical Pharma, Pulmonary rehabilitation, Cough
Why Is The Santa Cruz Sentinel So Set Against Medical Marijuana?
It’s not the Sentinel itself that annoys me so much – though I do disagree with their basic editorial view – it’s the people who read it and post on the comments board. In this case, the headline was “WAMMfest asks for smoking...
Tags: WAMM, mmj, medical cannabis, medical marijuana, 420, Sentinel, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Medicinal plants, The Washington Post, Effects of cannabis, smoke ban, Donald Tashkin, health, Valerie Leveroni Corral, July 4, Michael Leveroni Corral, If, Mike, Can, Marc Kaufmann, Hawaii, Jessie Lilley, Smoking, Valerie, Mondo Cult, Legality of cannabis, Oregon, Religious and spiritual use of cannabis, post ones, Cannabis
Luxury Gifts: Puff...Savoring Life as It Goes Up in Smoke
Havana :: Cuba | 11 days ago
Credibility Puff...Savoring Life as It Goes Up in Smoke Published: November 23, 2009 There is a feeling of decadence that comes from smoking a good cigar that is unmatched by almost any other leisure activity. Perhaps it is the unfashionable machismo, or the mischief...
Tags: Dunhill Cubans, Davidoffs, Zino Davidoff, Dominican Davidoff, Mr. Davidoff, Cubatabaco, Alfred Dunhill, cubans cigars, Cuba, Havana, Davidoff, Cigar, Cohiba, Dunhill, Montecristo, Tobacco, Cigars, Smoking
Quit Smoking! Be A Better Murderer!
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 12 days ago
Credibility One of the worst things about smoking – and this is true – is that it really impedes one’s ability to chase down strangers with chainsaws and brutally murder them. And this is a problem. So much so, in fact, that the European Commission has put together...
Tags: Los Angeles, Habits, Saws, Chainsaw, Tobacco control movement, Smoking, Tobacco, Public health
Anti-smoking vaccine in the works
Rockville :: MD :: USA | 12 days ago
Credibility Now, a small company is hoping it can make millions of dollars by creating a vaccine for people who want to kick the habit. Nabi Biopharmaceuticals of Rockville, Md., which is in the late stages of testing its experimental vaccine, took a big step toward...
Tags: Nabi Biopharmaceuticals, Rockville, Pyridines, Stimulants, NicVAX, Niquitin, Smoking cessation, Smoking, Tobacco, Nicotine, Health Medical Pharma, Vaccine
A cocktail of unhealthy habits --
Port of Spain :: Trinidad and Tobago | 12 days ago
Credibility A cocktail of unhealthy habits Monday, November 23rd 2009 The Government’s initiative to implement a healthy lifestyle policy is a welcome one that’s been long overdue. Smoking (whether first- or second-hand smoke), alcohol abuse and unhealthy diets...
Tags: Trinidad and Tobago, Port of Spain, Healthy diet, Diabetes mellitus, Smoking, Chutney music, Nutrition, Diabetes, Dietetics, Health Medical Pharma
Tackling the real smoking issue --
Port of Spain :: Trinidad and Tobago | 12 days ago
Credibility Tackling the real smoking issue Monday, November 23rd 2009 The real problem with smoking in general is not casual smoking, e.g. after-dinner or at outdoor functions. It is smoking as an addiction and being exposed repeatedly to second-hand smoke in confined...
Tags: Trinidad and Tobago, Port of Spain, Tobacco, Smoking
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