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The Midlife Gals (r)

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posted 01/07/2009, comments (0)

KK's Resolution to Stop Smoking in 2009 (and exercise, find a man, yada yada)

New Year's Resolutions: 1. STOP SMOKING a. start thinking about stopping smoking b. peruse cessation tools at the drug store c. begin to pity fellow smokers instead of envy them d. take a good whiff of my hair after a cigarette...arrrrrgh! e. remember, smokers are not more fun than nonsmokers f. convince myself that smokers are not more... Read more Chevron

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Adam Frey

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Surviving lung cancer

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posted 09/29/2008, comments (2)

Adam's Story: The Highest Dose of Chemo - Ever

Since my last post, I have had a five-day stay in the ICU getting the first round of high-dose chemotherapy. The hospital is a nice place, but it is nowhere you want to be for sure. I started chemo on Friday, and figured it was going to be horrible, just like everyone had told me. I sat there waiting anxiously for almost two days for it to start.... Read more Chevron

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Carol Southard

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RN, MSN, Smoking Cessation Consultant

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posted 08/01/2008, comment (1)

San Francisco Bans Cigarette Sales in Pharmacies

As of October 1, 2008, San Francisco will be the first city in the nation to ban the sale of tobacco products at most pharmacies. (The law bans the sale of all tobacco products at pharmacies in the city, but big-box stores like Costco and supermarkets like Safeway will still be allowed to sell tobacco.) Nearby Marin County officials... Read more Chevron

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Craig Stoltz

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posted 05/28/2008, comment (1)

Quitting Smoking: Easier in Groups

A fascinating study with big implications for smokers concludes that an individual's decision to quit is influenced by members of their close social group--but also by people they don't even know. And whole groups of people with no direct relationships to each other quit simultaneously. If this were not published in the New England... Read more Chevron

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