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		<title>North Myrtle Beach passes non-smoking ordinance</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:47:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The City Council has passed an ordinance that regulates smoking in public places, work places and certain outdoor facilities in North Myrtle Beach. The council took its final vote Monday night on the non-smoking ordinance titled “Smoking in Public Places.” “I am pleased with how the ordinance evolved regardless of where each member of council [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Workplace smoking bill fails in Senate</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While Indiana lawmakers are considering a statewide smoking ban, another bill aimed at tobacco users will not become law during the 2012 legislative session. If it had been enacted, Senate Bill 91 would have allowed employers in Indiana to consider tobacco use by job applicants during the hiring process. “Right now, when an employer interviews [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Restaurants, pubs to have no-smoking zones</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:43:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even though smoking in public places has been banned, it continues unabated in many places. To check this, the Bruhat Bangalore Hotel Owners&#8217; Association (BBHOA) along with the Association of Bars and Restaurants will soon have in place ‘no-smoking&#8217; zones in city&#8217;s hotels, bars, pubs and restaurants. Launching the “customer friendly initiative” on World Cancer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smoking Cessation Clinics Boost Campaign</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:15:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The establishment of smoking cessation clinics is being encouraged to help people who have difficulty quitting smoking. A smoking cessation clinic seeks to help those who want to quit smoking through free counseling and lifestyle change tips. The Department of Health (DoH) is urging schools, public and private establishments nationwide to set up the clinics. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mt. SAC moving forward with stricter smoking policy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:10:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As part of an effort to improve the health of its students, Mt. San Antonio College may soon outlaw smoking on campus except in certain designated areas. The stricter smoking policy is being developed by a special task force and the President&#8217;s Advisory Committee. It could come to the board of trustees for approval sometime [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health Care Advocates Support Tobacco Tax Hike To Fund Research</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:58:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The current tobacco tax is 87 cents per pack. The state allocates 50 cents of that amount for First 5 early childhood health and education programs. Ballot Initiative Details Proposition 29 was written by the American Cancer Society, the American Heart Association and the American Lung Association. Supporters of the initiative say the tax increase [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indiana House approves smoking ordinance</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:02:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Indiana may join the other 39 states that have some type of statewide smoking ordinance. House Bill 1149, co-authored by Rep. Eric Turner, R-Cicero, and Rep. Charlie Brown, D-Gary, passed with a 62-34 vote in the House on Tuesday. The bill includes a few exceptions, though, including gaming facilities, cigar and hookah bars, certain clubs, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quit smoking success rates remain low for pharmacy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:46:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps pharmacy smoking cessation services are working with one hand tie behind their backs. There are a number of issues I can think of that may be hindering the success rate of patients who use pharmacy; Are these a less committed cohort of patients? We tend to opportunistically select patients who might be browsing the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UC Merced tobacco ban encounters little resistance</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:41:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The University of California has proposed a plan that would permanently smother cigarette smoke, but UC Merced students including Diana Gonzalez aren&#8217;t worried. Gonzalez, 18, supports the plan to make all UC campuses smoke- and tobacco-free. She knows from personal experience that the effects of smoking can be deadly and devastating. &#8220;I personally think it&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anti-smoking gains in jeopardy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:43:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to New York&#8217;s groundbreaking efforts to cut the rates of smoking among adults and teenagers, recent days have brought good news and bad news. The good news first. Smoking rates among New York City residents have dropped to just 14 percent, more than a third less than when the city passed the [...]]]></description>
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