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Christopher Hitchens undergoing treatment for esophageal cancer - Salon

June 30, 2010 - 6:34pm

Christopher Hitchens undergoing treatment for esophageal cancer
Salon
Because despite the risks, smoking is delicious -- nicotine addiction is insidious and persistent and wonderful all at once. You might have heard about ...

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Tobacco-free was good move - Casper Star-Tribune Online

June 30, 2010 - 1:08am

Tobacco-free was good move
Casper Star-Tribune Online
In addition, employees have been offered tobacco cessation assistance with prescription medicine, the patch and other nicotine replacement products ...

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The end of an era - The State

June 29, 2010 - 11:01pm

The end of an era
The State
(Yes, there are some medical benefits to nicotine; those can be gotten without the deadly delivery system that has enriched cigarette companies for ...

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Senators debate nicotine bill - Pacific Daily News

June 29, 2010 - 12:06pm

Senators debate nicotine bill
Pacific Daily News
But banning some of those products could lead to fewer choices and mechanisms for people who want to wean themselves off their smoking addiction, said Sen. ...
Free Choice Vs. Health Concerns At Issue In Debate Over Cruz Bill to Ban ...Pacific News Center

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Lights out in pokey - Timaru Herald

June 29, 2010 - 12:05pm

New Zealand Herald

Lights out in pokey
Timaru Herald
If nicotine addiction is their last crutch, why pull it out from under them. Why make them grumpier ? There are some very good reasons behind the ban. ...
New Zealand to Ban Smoking in PrisonsSuite101.com

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HEALTH CARE AND SMOKING CESSATION - The Cypress Times

June 29, 2010 - 5:06am

HEALTH CARE AND SMOKING CESSATION
The Cypress Times
Others benefit from step-by-step manuals, counseling or medicines or products that help reduce nicotine addiction. Your health care provider can help you ...

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Free Choice Vs. Health Concerns At Issue In Debate Over Cruz Bill to Ban ... - Pacific News Center

June 28, 2010 - 8:14pm

Free Choice Vs. Health Concerns At Issue In Debate Over Cruz Bill to Ban ...
Pacific News Center
Its aim he said is to ban those products meant to entice young people into nicotine addiction. Bill # 159 was moved to the third reading file.
Senators debate nicotine billPacific Daily News

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Great idea will help inmates escape nicotine death sentence - Gisborne Herald

June 28, 2010 - 7:23pm

Money Avenue

Great idea will help inmates escape nicotine death sentence
Gisborne Herald
The urge for a cigarette is the nicotine equivalent of a heroin addiction — but it is so subtle that smokers often don't understand they are drug addicts, ...
Dispelling Common Myths About The Benefits Of "Light" CigarettesNorth American Press Syndicate

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Smokefree prisons? Madness - blog - 3News (blog)

June 28, 2010 - 7:02pm

3News (blog)

Smokefree prisons? Madness - blog
3News (blog)
Any thoughts that prisoners will be magically cured from nicotine addiction are uninformed. As I said on my Facebook page, "Addiction 101: addicts have to ...

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Hypertension - The Silent Killer - Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)

June 28, 2010 - 5:14pm

Hypertension - The Silent Killer
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
Nicotine causes blood vessels to constrict and make the heart beat faster – thereby raising blood pressure. The Surgeon General has named smoking as the ...

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Tobacco appeals rejected by US top court - CBC.ca

June 28, 2010 - 12:26pm

Tobacco appeals rejected by US top court
CBC.ca
... effects of smoking, concealing evidence that nicotine is addictive and lying about their manipulation of nicotine in cigarettes to create addiction. ...

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High court turns down both sides in tobacco fight - The Associated Press

June 28, 2010 - 9:21am

High court turns down both sides in tobacco fight
The Associated Press
... effects of smoking, concealing evidence that nicotine is addictive and lying about their manipulation of nicotine in cigarettes to create addiction. ...

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Dispelling Common Myths About The Benefits Of "Light" Cigarettes - North American Press Syndicate

June 28, 2010 - 9:15am

Dispelling Common Myths About The Benefits Of "Light" Cigarettes
North American Press Syndicate
Reality: Research has shown that "light" cigarettes deliver amounts of tar, nicotine and other substances to the smoker that are comparable to regular ...

Obama's Gum-Chewing at G-20 Raises Eyebrows - MyFox Philadelphia

June 28, 2010 - 7:56am

MyFox Philadelphia

Obama's Gum-Chewing at G-20 Raises Eyebrows
MyFox Philadelphia
Obama has admitted he struggles with an addiction to nicotine and began chewing gum to alleviate the need for a cigarette. The President's doctors during a ...

Obama's Gum-Chewing at G-20 Raises Eyebrows - MyFox Tampa Bay

June 28, 2010 - 7:55am

My Fox Boston

Obama's Gum-Chewing at G-20 Raises Eyebrows
MyFox Tampa Bay
Obama has admitted he struggles with an addiction to nicotine and began chewing gum to alleviate the need for a cigarette. The President's doctors during a ...
President Obama's Gum Chewing: A Miss Manners Moment?FOXNews (blog)

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Smoking Cessation Blog - About.com: Health

June 28, 2010 - 6:13am

Smoking Cessation Blog
About.com: Health
Give yourself the time it takes to heal from nicotine addiction and you will find your freedom, just as surely as others before you have.

Gender: yes, it still matters - ABC Online

June 28, 2010 - 12:44am

Gender: yes, it still matters
ABC Online
Those nicotine merchants at Philip Morris said it best in the sixties, "You've come a long way, baby". Sure, they were a tad presumptuous unfurling the ...

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Hospital smokers don't give a puff - NTNews.com.au

June 27, 2010 - 6:11pm

NTNews.com.au

Hospital smokers don't give a puff
NTNews.com.au
"It is well known that breaking a nicotine addiction is very challenging and for that reason, a range of support and advice is offered to hospital patients ...

President Obama's Gum Chewing: A Miss Manners Moment? - FOXNews (blog)

June 27, 2010 - 4:52pm

My Fox Boston

President Obama's Gum Chewing: A Miss Manners Moment?
FOXNews (blog)
However, President Obama has admitted he struggles with an addiction to nicotine and has begun chewing gum to alleviate the need for a cigarette. ...
Obama's Gum-Chewing at G-20 Raises EyebrowsMyFox Tampa Bay

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Breastfeeding and Women Who Abuse Drugs - eMaxHealth

June 27, 2010 - 9:11am

Breastfeeding and Women Who Abuse Drugs
eMaxHealth
Breast milk of mothers who smoke contains 2 to 240 nanograms of nicotine per milliliter, which means the infants receive 0.3 to 36 micrograms/kg/day. ...

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