Anti-Smoking Rules Never End

The Bay of Plenty Health Board has launched a review of its staff smoking policies after a board member suggested it bolster them this week.

During the first meeting of the new board in Tauranga yesterday, member Yvonne Boyes asked how much further the health board could "strengthen" its smoking policies.

Smoking Cessation for Veterans

Smoking cessation treatment that is made part of mental-health care for veterans with post traumatic stress disorder improves quit rates, according to a Department of Veterans Affairsstudy published in the Dec. 8 Journal of the American Medical Association.

‘‘The smoking cessation techniques used in this new approach will give veterans an important step towards a better quality of life,” said Dr. Robert Petzel, the VA undersecretary for health.