| Title | Intro | Date |
| We are all coughing up for smokers |
TAXPAYERS are said to be subsidising the health needs of smokers to the tune of $500,000 a day in NSW alone. |
11/17/03 |
| Boot the smoking habit |
For Wanda Humphrey, Jan. 22 has special meaning. On that day, she kicked her smoking habit after puffing away for more than 30 years. |
11/17/03 |
| Great American Smokeout a good time to 'kick butt' |
ZANESVILLE -- Thinking about quitting smoking? Then go ahead -- kick the butt. |
11/17/03 |
| Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease more deadly than previously thought |
SINGAPORE : Doctors have discovered that the number of people who die from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is five times higher than previously estimated |
11/16/03 |
| Lung cancer stigmatized, women say |
WASHINGTON -- The stigma attached to cigarette smoking hurts efforts to marshal support for fighting lung cancer, even though it kills more women than any other cancer, advocacy groups told members of Congress on Thursday. |
11/14/03 |
| Too late to quit smoking? |
Recently, I treated a woman who had been diagnosed with breast cancer almost 20 years ago. She was treated with surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy. She was doing well.
Recently, I treated a woman who had been diagnosed with br |
11/11/03 |
| Back Doctor: Is Smoking Bad For Your Back? |
Smoking cigarettes have long been implicated as a health risk for many common chronic illnesses, including asthma, bronchitis, emphysema, a weakened immune system and certain types of cancer. |
11/11/03 |
| Chronic lung diseases claiming more victims |
Most people have never heard of it, and have no idea what the acronym means. But it's the fourth leading cause of death in the United States and the sixth in the world, and it costs $32 billion a year in this country alone. |
11/11/03 |
| No such thing as 'safe cigarettes' |
The head of one of the world's biggest tobacco firms has admitted to a Scottish court that there is no such thing as a safe cigarette. |
11/11/03 |
| 'Great American Smoke-out' Nov. 20 |
If you haven’t done it already, Nov. 20 could be the day. Millions of people quit smoking for a day or longer during the Great American Smoke-out – held on the third Thursday of November. |
11/10/03 |
| Nicotine Increases Alcohol Craving |
People who smoke and try to quit drinking have a more difficult time not relapsing, because new scientific evidence indicates that nicotine may actually cause a craving for alcohol. |
11/08/03 |
| Team finds genetic connection with smokers' disease |
Doctors at Auckland's Green Lane Hospital have found four genetic changes which make smokers more likely to develop crippling breathlessness. |
11/05/03 |
