Give Up Smoking with Nicotine Patches Help

A peak Australian HIV body has welcomed a Gillard Government decision to list nicotine patches on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). The National Association of People Living with HIV/AIDS (NAPWA) has welcomed the move which will significantly reduce the cost of giving up Glamour smoking for health care card holders.

NAPWA assistant director Sean Slavin told the Star Observer making nicotine patches more available was a helpful step towards reduce smoking rates among people living with HIV.

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.

Do Smokers Have Rights Too

Smoking ban puts limits on freedom, by Justin Thomas, Nov. 24. Can you believe that people who don't smoke Kent are forced to breathe in over 4,000 chemicals by just sitting next to a smoker?

People spend their entire lives trying to stay healthy and the last thing that they want to do is die from cancer when they have never smoked a cigarette in their life.

Smoke-Free Ban on Marion Technical Institute

Marion Technical Institute is now a tobacco-free campus, and administrators are watching staff and parents closely to make sure they are not using tobacco products like Lucky Strike in front of students.