Cease smoking on ‘Kick Butts Day’

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LA PORTE – With the added 62 cent cigarette tax pending next week, Wednesday’s Kick Butts Day national commemoration is a great incentive date to begin kicking the nicotine habit, according to Sandy Gleim, Healthy Communities of La Porte County executive director.
La Porte County residents already have shown increased intention toward [...]

£12.50 a week offer to cease smoking

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A scheme which offers smokers in Scotland £12.50 a week to kick the habit has been launched.
Smokers in deprived areas of Dundee will get the cash in the form of a credit which they can spend on groceries – as long as they stay off cigarettes.
The scheme was launched by public health minister [...]

Smokers to pay heavy price

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By ADAM BOWLES
Norwich Bulletin
Posted Mar 23, 2009 @ 11:52 PM
Last update Mar 24, 2009 @ 12:01 AM
Norwich, Conn. —
Harry O’Keefe, 59, has been smoking since he was a student at what is now Norwich Technical High School.
The pack-a-day smoker said he’s never made much of an attempt to quit. But a recent increase [...]

New cigarette tax means much higher prices for some

If you smoke cigarettes, you’ve probably noticed in the past few weeks that it’s costing more to light up.
Philip Morris USA raised its prices in February, and retailers are beginning to catch up and pass the costs on to consumers.
Along the Grand Strand, price increases range from $0.75 to more than $1. For instance, a [...]

Surge in sales of products to cease smoking are healthy for...

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Gazette News Service
GRAND RAPIDS — A two-month free supply of gum turned out to be a smokin’ hot deal, judging by the 65,000 calls that poured into the Michigan Tobacco Quit Line last week.
The overwhelming response — the amount of smoking-cessation products requested exceeded the state’s supply — doesn’t surprise [...]