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Increased Attempts To Quit Smoking Follow Introduction Of Nicotine Replacement Therapies
Since nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) became available as a nonprescription treatment to help
Americans stop smoking, the number of adults attempting to quit smoking significantly increased to nearly 40 percent, according
to a study of U.S. census data scheduled for presentation on Friday at the Eighth Annual Society for Research on Nicotine and
Tobacco in Savannah, Ga. The findings add to the scientific evidence that providing over-the-counter (OTC) treatment options
for smokers increases quit attempts. more
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Information For Patients: Don't Let Another Year Go Up In Smoke
Are your patients like most smokers who want to quit? Then, give them this pamphlet full of advice
like: 1. Don't smoke any number or any kind of cigarette. Smoking even a few cigarettes a day can hurt your health. If you try to
smoke fewer cigarettes, but do not stop completely, soon you'll be smoking the same amount again. more
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A Decision Maker's Guide to Choosing a Workplace Policy - Chapter 1
This guide provides the worksite decision maker with information on how to design, implement, and
evaluate environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) policies and related activities. Ideally, to protect all persons from exposure to
ETS, companies will implement policies that require a smokefree environment in company buildings and other enclosed places
and provide significant smoking cessation support for their employees and covered dependents. Chapter One provides the
background information you need to make the decision to implement policies and related activities to eliminate ETS in the
workplace. more
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Chapter Two of the "Decision Maker's Guide" highlights legal, scientific, human resource, facility,
image, and economic reasons to reduce ETS in the workplace. more
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A Decision Maker's Guide to Choosing a Workplace Policy - Chapter 3
Chapter Three of the "Decision Maker's Guide" provides a model smoking policy and additional
options to help companies and other organizations design policies to fit their needs. more
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