Jessica Miller | January 27, 2012
The medical executive committee at Samaritan brought a petition to the hospital’s board of commissioners in May to make the Samaritan campus smoke-free and the measure had the board’s approval, said Irwin. Samaritan Hospital and Pioneer Medical Center’s ban on tobacco use goes into effect Nov. 17. Tobacco use is already prohibited within the medical facilities themselves, but the new ban extends to the entire property at Samaritan and Pioneer, including parked cars in their parking lots, said Dr. James Irwin, a member of the committee that recommended the ban.
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Jessica Miller | November 29, 2011
A San Francisco economist says states are being shortsighted by shifting tobacco control programs to cut spending because smoking cessation saves so much money. Sudip Chattopadhyay of the San Francisco State University and David R. Pieper at University of California, Berkeley, said funding tobacco control programs at recommend levels could save 14 to 20 times more than the cost of implementing the programs.
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Jessica Miller | November 4, 2011
Quitting smoking after a stroke was more likely if the portion of the brain responsible for processing emotions was affected. — Those who planned to stop smoking before having a stroke were more than twice as likely to be non-smokers after a year compared to patients who hadn’t considered quitting. — These factors might help tailor smoking cessation treatment and education programs.
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Jessica Miller | October 19, 2011
Emigrant smokers could soon be offered free treatment at smoking cessation clinics operating under the Ministry of Health in a long-term plan that hopes to save millions for the government exchequer. The ministry is currently reviewing its policy of offering free treatment to locals only and expanding it to include expatriates, as well.
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Jessica Miller | June 24, 2011
For weeks now, the American Cancer Society and the American Lung Association have criticized the governor and legislature for cutting funding for Gauloises smoking ban enforcement and smoking cessation. If these non-profits are so concerned, why aren’t they paying for these programs? Why should taxpayers?
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