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Whoever said quitting smoking always has to be so serious? It's Canada's Time to Quit Comedy Tour will be making a stop at Little Montreal Bar on Elgin Street Friday, July 17. Featuring local comedians Denis Grignon and Rick Currie, the show will attempt to raise awareness about the benefits and challenges of quitting smoking, while also entertaining the audience.

Ambitious goal set to reduce tobacco use in Okla.

Ambitious goal set to reduce tobacco use in Okla. - Forbes.com.

State officials are asking Oklahoma residents, who have one of the highest smoking rates in the country, to join them in an ambitious goal to reduce tobacco use to below the national average by 2012. Achieving that goal would result in 200,000 fewer adult and youth tobacco users in the state, officials said Tuesday.

Wearing the nicotine patch before quitting increases success, study says

Wearing the nicotine patch before quitting increases success, study says | Booster Shots | Los Angeles Times.

Smokers who wear a nicotine patch for two weeks before they quit smoking are twice as likely to kick the habit as those who puton the patch on the day they quit, finds a new study, published online in the journal Nicotine & Tobacco Research. Smokers, and the physicians who advise them, have always been wary of suggesting the use of patch and cigarettes together for fear that the two-fisted approach would cause nicotine overdoses. And the labels of nicotine patches reflect that concern, warning would-be quitters not to use both at once.

Most Californians clamor for a tobacco tax increase - BloggingStocks

Most Californians clamor for a tobacco tax increase - BloggingStocks.

A recent poll of state voters shows 70% in favor of a $1.50-per-pack increase in the state cigarette tax. Breaking down the numbers across party lines, 78% of Democrats, 75% of independents, and 65% of Republicans approve of such a measure. But Republican leadership remains opposed to the idea. A spokeswoman told reporters "Tax increases aren't the answer. Neither is tying programs with increasing costs to a tax source that is declining."

Learning to quit smoking - Los Angeles Times

Learning to quit smoking - Los Angeles Times.

Women were taught to smoke largely as a means of weight control (perhaps that benefit is why our president is so elegantly slim). Thousands of ads from the 1920s through the '50s promised glamour and trim silhouettes to our grandmothers and mothers. Those ads helped persuade my mom to start smoking before she conceived me when she was 16, by which time she was already a nicotine addict. Even doctors joined in the campaign to get women to smoke, endorsing some brands over others and promising menstrual mood control and suppression of "nerves." The social pressure to start smoking is less today than it was in Mom's day -- or mine -- but, every day, 3,500 Americans under 18 try their first cigarette, and 1,100 make it a habit, according to the American Cancer Society.

Smoking banned in mental hospitals Butt ban extended in mental hospitals - NJ.com

Smoking banned in mental hospitals Butt ban extended in mental hospitals - NJ.com.

Behind the walls of Trenton Psychiatric Hospital on Sullivan Way here, the clouds of cigarette smoke have been thinning over the past two years. A smoking-cessation effort has been under way. An abnormally high percentage of mental patients smoke, as high as 75 percent according to state officials, and they're trying to put an end to the practice, in an effort to prolong lives and improve well-being, as well as the functioning of psychotropic drugs.

Altria, Reynolds Sued for ‘Light’ Cigarette Marketing

Altria, Reynolds Sued for ‘Light’ Cigarette Marketing (Update2) - Bloomberg.com.

Altria Group Inc., the largest U.S. tobacco producer, and Reynolds American Inc. were accused in a consumer lawsuit of fraudulent marketing by claiming “light” cigarettes were less harmful than regular cigarettes. The suit filed by three Tennessee residents on behalf of smokers who bought “light” or “ultra-light” cigarettes in the state since Jan. 1, 2005, seeks class-action, or group, status.

Smoking bill won't really help anyone

Smoking bill won't really help anyone | dailyrecord.com | Daily Record.

The newspapers praised President Barack Obama for signing the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. They say the bill will prevent more than 2 million of our nation's young people from starting to smoke, thus saving 700,000 of them from deaths related to smoking.

Smoking Cessation Harder For Women Than Men

Smoking Cessation Harder For Women Than Men - baltimoresun.com.

Women appear to have a tougher time quitting smoking than men, according to researchers at Women's Health Research at Yale. While the percentage of men nationally who have given up cigarettes between 1965 and 2006 was 54.5 percent, the rate of decline among women was less steep, at 47.5 percent. Consequently, the gap in the percentages of male and female smokers has narrowed. In 1965, slightly more than half of all men smoked, while about a third of women did. Today 23.3 percent of men smoke, compared to 18.6 percent of women.

How To Stop Smoking And Not Gain Weight

How To Stop Smoking And Not Gain Weight | KSFY.com - Your Source for News, Sports, and Weather - Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57104 | Local News .

Quitting smoking... and losing weight... both are good for you... but trying to accomplish both at the same time can be difficult, according to Doctor Erica Brownfield."Your metabolism in smokers who quit smoking actually goes down. On average most people who quit gain 4 to 10 pounds." So in addition to a slowing metabolism... studies show that people who quit smoking are more likely to gain a taste for sweet and salty foods... and can replace an addiction to cigarettes with an addiction to food. "People smoke for different reasons, to reduce stress, to help with depression. After it is no longer there they use food to help cope with their stress or depression."