States Urged to Spend More to Cut Smoking Rate
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The U.S. government's effort to cut the  adult smoking rate to 12 percent or less by 2010 will fail  unless most states increase funding for anti-tobacco programs,  federal health officials said on Wednesday.
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The National Governors Association on Wednesday sent a letter to congressional leaders urging the federal government not to shift additional federal Medicaid costs to states in an effort to lower the national deficit, the AP/Las Vegas Sun reports.
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More Americans than ever before are  surviving cancer and rates in general are falling, mostly  because fewer people are smoking, the American Cancer Society  reported on Wednesday.
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By Andy Sher, Chattanooga Times/Free Press, Tenn.  Jun. 8--NASHVILLE -- House Democrats backed off plans Thursday to seek another 3-cent-per-pack cigarette tax on top of a previously passed 42-cent increase.   Gov.
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Many companies are seeking to reduce their medical bills by paying for programs to help employees stop smoking.
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An intensive stop-smoking program with at least three months of counseling and free drugs can help smokers kick the habit, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
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The Food and Drug Administration should be given the power to regulate tobacco products and cigarette taxes should be hiked as part of a government campaign to reduce smoking, an expert panel recommended on Thursday.
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The smoking rate among New York Cityâs teenagers is now far lower than among teenagers nationwide, due mainly to high taxes and curbs on public smoking, officials said.
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Central Kentucky Cancer Program and Ephraim McDowell Health Care Foundation encourage individuals who smoke to kick their habit Thursday during this year&#39;s Great American Smokeout.
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The nation's governors urged President Bush on Wednesday to spare states the costs of Medicaid in an effort to reduce the federal deficit.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration should be given the power to regulate tobacco products and cigarette taxes should be hiked as part of a government campaign to reduce smoking, an expert panel recommended on Thursday.
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California lawmakers will take up a bill that would add a $1.90 tax to each pack of cigarettes sold in the state, an effort that may gain political momentum if the new U.S. Congress puts the spotlight on health care, analysts said on Monday.
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NEW YORK  - Raising the price of cigarettes does not appear to deter current smokers from lighting up, research suggests.
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Many companies are seeking to reduce their medical bills by paying for programs to help employees stop smoking, yet another example of how companies are taking health care reform into their own hands.
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The Food and Drug Administration should regulate tobacco and develop a plan to reduce nicotine levels in cigarettes, a new Institute of Medicine report urged Thursday.
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Medicare said yesterday it intends to pay for counseling for some of the nation&#39;s 4 million older smokers. Medicare beneficiaries who smoke and have smoking
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About a third of the payments from tobacco companies to the states goes to health care and tobacco control, government auditors said Tuesday.