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End of smoking on bases is urged 071709 - The Augusta Chronicle.
The plan, if adopted by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, would no longer allow tobacco use on military bases or institutions and would forbid the sale of tobacco at military bases.
Marla Jones, a spokeswoman for Fort Gordon, said The Post Exchange and the Commissary sell cigarettes. However, there already are some restrictions on smoking at the post.
"All buildings are smoke-free, and some of the trainees are prohibited from smoking for a short period of time (approximately two weeks) when they first arrive here for training," she wrote in an e-mail. "If the trainees pass all tests and meet all the military requirements, they are allowed to smoke only in designated areas."
Family that's given up 7000 cigs a month - mirror.co.uk.
No gathering of the Bourne clan was ever complete without everyone puffing on a ciggie.
Whether it was a birthday get-together, relaxing after Christmas dinner or settling down in front of the TV, the whole family would light up.
Even Stacey, 17, and Amy, 24, were avid smokers - despite both being pregnant. It was a habit that saw the family get through 7,000 cigarettes a month, costing some £24,000 a year.
Smoking may speed progress of multiple sclerosis
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) patients who smoke have a speedier progression of the disease, a new study in the Archives of Neurology suggests.
Dr. Alberto Ascherio of the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston and his colleagues also found that smokers with MS were more likely to have the progressive form of the disease, in which symptoms steadily get worse, rather than the relapsing-remitting form, in which a person has MS symptoms intermittently.
Quitting Smoking Emotionally Loaded For Women | Smoking, Women's Health, women's vs. men's | FitSugar - Fitness, Health & Well-being.
We all know that quitting smoking is difficult, and unfortunately it looks like it may be harder for women to kick the habit. NPR recently reported that although federal household surveys indicate that the success rate for quitting is close to equal between the sexes, women might actually have more difficulty giving up their smokes.
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