Ex-health minister's smoking plea

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Smoking ban brings health ...and love?
(Reuters)

Smoking ban brings health ...and love?
(Reuters) 05/25/2004 10:22 AM
Reuters - Ireland's pioneering ban on smoking in pubs and restaurants seems to be helping some addicts to kick the habit and may be promoting a new way to meet people, Ireland's health minister has said.

Couple quits smoking for health of
parrot (Reuters)

Couple quits smoking for health of
parrot (Reuters) 08/04/2004 07:07 PM
Reuters - A couple booked themselves into a clinic to quit smoking after the vet said it was the only way to save their beloved sick parrot.

Health Risks From Smoking More
Widespread, Report Says (Los Angeles
Times)

Health Risks From Smoking More
Widespread, Report Says (Los Angeles
Times) 05/28/2004 06:26 AM
Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON — Cigarette smoking harms nearly every human organ and is increasingly a habit of the poorest Americans, the federal government reported Thursday in its most comprehensive look at the dangers of tobacco in three years.

Protesters pelt minister's car

Protesters pelt minister's car 09/22/2004 02:30 PM
Pro-hunting protesters attack a government minister's car as he leaves a conference in Devon.

Ukrainian minister's death probed

Ukrainian minister's death probed 12/28/2004 09:35 AM
Ukrainian investigators suspect Transport Minister Heorhiy Kyrpa may have been driven to suicide.

Minister's scathing attack on Hutt

Minister's scathing attack on Hutt 02/19/2004 04:25 AM
A senior Welsh MP, "fobbed off" by the Welsh health minister, writes questioning her professionalism.

'Out to lunch' minister's apology

'Out to lunch' minister's apology 06/24/2004 12:48 PM
Tourism Minister Frank McAveety apologises for misleading parliament over his late arrival.

Church benefits from minister's
confession

Church benefits from minister's
confession 01/26/2003 06:00 AM
The Internet's treasure trove of sermons -- a recent query on the Google search engine for sermons turned up 1.2 million hits -- can inspire some pastors to ...

Teen Gets Prime Minister's Phone Calls

Teen Gets Prime Minister's Phone Calls 07/30/2004 03:51 PM
Recycling of phone numbers is not a new thing. My home phone, for instance, used to be the phone number for the local social security office, apparently. I get a fairly frequent stream of calls (even if I've had the number for many years already) from people trying to reach social security. Nowadays, the problem tends to come from recycling of mobile phone numbers. There was the well-publicized story of Chris Rock's old mobile phone number going to some woman. In the UK, there are problems with people receiving expensive premium SMS services they never ordered, but which were set up by the previous owner of the same number. Now, in Norway, a 16-year-old girl is receiving phone calls meant for the country's Prime Minister, after he ditched his mobile number, and it was recycled to her. How often do you get to say "sorry, wrong number," to leaders around the world?

Car Bomb Hits Iraqi Minister's Convoy
(AP)

Car Bomb Hits Iraqi Minister's Convoy
(AP) 07/17/2004 01:29 AM
AP - A car bomb struck the Iraqi justice minister's convoy as it moved through western Baghdad on Saturday. Malik Dohan al-Hassan was unhurt but five bodyguards were killed.

Crystal Hues Part of Finance Minister's
Delegation to Saudi Arabia

Crystal Hues Part of Finance Minister's
Delegation to Saudi Arabia 06/17/2005 03:27 PM
New Delhi, June 7, 2004: Crystal Hues was invited to participate in the delegation to Kingdom of Saudi Arabia being taken by the Finance Minister of India. [PRWEB Jun 14, 2005]

World Health Organisation launches
eLearning initiative for global public
health

World Health Organisation launches
eLearning initiative for global public
health 12/15/2003 07:01 AM
PublicTechnology.net Dec 15 2003 6:09AM ET

One Person Health Sciences Launches B to
B Program for Health & Wellness
Professionals

One Person Health Sciences Launches B to
B Program for Health & Wellness
Professionals 05/18/2004 07:44 PM
BC Technology May 18 2004 11:04PM GMT

AHLA - Links to Selected Health Care and
Health Law Sites

AHLA - Links to Selected Health Care and
Health Law Sites 11/10/2003 10:50 PM
AHLA - Links to Selected Health Care and Health Law Sites
http: //www.healthlawyers.org/weblinks/weblinks_health.cfm

American Health Lawyers Association comprehensive set of links to selected healthcare and health law sites.

Health Insurance Professional, Sharon
Alt, to Host Online Talk Radio Show on
VoiceAmerica™ Health & Wellness

Health Insurance Professional, Sharon
Alt, to Host Online Talk Radio Show on
VoiceAmerica™ Health & Wellness 03/29/2005 03:55 AM
SurfNet Media Group, Inc. (OTCBB:SFNM) announces that health insurance professional, Sharon Alt, will join its online VoiceAmerica™ Network on the VoiceAmerica™ Health & Wellness Channel Lineup on Thursday, March 31st, 3PM Eastern (12PM Pacific), as host of a new weekly show, “Inside Health Insurance in America.” [PRWEB Mar 29, 2005]

European Premiere: French Prime
Minister's Jean-Pierre Raffarin First
Live Chat with Electorate by SMS & WAP

European Premiere: French Prime
Minister's Jean-Pierre Raffarin First
Live Chat with Electorate by SMS & WAP 05/28/2004 12:36 AM
Belga Direct Press Releases May 28 2004 3:23AM GMT

Microsoft and Ministry of Health come
together as partners in e-Health
initiative

Microsoft and Ministry of Health come
together as partners in e-Health
initiative 12/23/2003 08:29 AM
AME Info Dec 23 2003 7:33AM ET

The Rueckert-Hartman School for Health
Professions, Regis University, Denver,
CO, Announces the Formation of the
Center for Health Care Ethics and
Emerging Technologies

The Rueckert-Hartman School for Health
Professions, Regis University, Denver,
CO, Announces the Formation of the
Center for Health Care Ethics and
Emerging Technologies 06/05/2005 11:58 PM
Under the direction of Dr. Pat Ladewig, Dean, Rueckert-Hartman School for Health Professions, Regis University established the Center for Health Care Ethics and Emerging Technologies. Dr. Mark Meaney, Executive Director, stated that the goals of the Center include the examination of the ethical and social implications of emerging biotechnologies such as nanobiotechnologies, pharmacogenomics, and stem cell research. [PRWEB May 22, 2005]

COMMENTARY Health News Can Be Hazardous
to Your Health

COMMENTARY Health News Can Be Hazardous
to Your Health 02/07/2003 05:48 PM
As a start, you can go to an Internet search engine like Google (www.google.com), enter the issue you're concerned about, and prepare to scroll through 784312 ...

Health Information Sources for
Non-Health Professionals

Health Information Sources for
Non-Health Professionals 04/10/2005 07:12 AM
Health Information Sources for Non-Health Professionals By Zena Woodley
http://www.freep int.com/issues/100305.htm#tips

Searching the internet for health information can be a tricky business, especially if you're not sure where to start. Perhaps you know a friend or a neighbour who has recently been told by their GP that further tests will be undertaken ... Where do you start looking for pertinent answers or just simple reassurance if you're not familiar with this field? This has been added to Healthcare Resources 2005 Internet MiniGuide.

Smoking gun

Smoking gun 08/03/2004 04:31 PM
The NY Times reported today on the front page that the information about the planned attack on financial buildings in NY and Newark is 3-4 years old. That is, it's information we may have had even before 9/11.The indications that there will be an attack before the elections does not point to the information about those four buildings. So why is it being trotted out now? I, of course, have my suspicions, almost all of which end with the phrase "grounds for impeachment."...

The Smoking Gun

The Smoking Gun 03/13/2003 10:25 AM
Remember that whole drone "cover-up"? Here's the plane. The prototype of Iraq's smoking gun WMD threat. Constructed of balsa wood and duct tape, it says Allahu Akbar (God is great) on the side. And, well, they were probably half right. While it's not really a gun, it probably does smoke -- it uses lawn-mower-style two-stroke engines. Washington Post story here.

"The Smoking Gun"

"The Smoking Gun" 06/25/2004 03:22 PM

Is it right to ban smoking?

Is it right to ban smoking? 06/09/2004 06:02 AM
The health secretary has described smoking as one of the few pleasures poorer people have access to, according to a national newspaper. Do you agree?

Not Smoking...Again

Not Smoking...Again 03/23/2005 12:34 PM

Starting this morning, I am not smoking.  Instead, I am doing the niccotine lozenge called Commit.  The candy looks like a small alka seltzer tablet and, as expected, tastes chaulky and tingles as it dissolves.  It's less convenient than niccotine gums because I am not suppose to use it within 15 minutes after eating or drinking.  So no more mixing niccotine with coffee or full stomach for me.

I have no idea whether this will work.  Longest smokeless run for me was six months.  We'll see.  Hopefully, lozenge won't bring vivid dreams like patches did.

Please don't wish me luck.  I can't smoke luck.

One gun smoking, the other gun holstered

One gun smoking, the other gun holstered 05/31/2004 08:26 AM
Smoking gun: Time reports on a Pentagon email (from Douglas "Chicken Hawk" Feith) that says that Dick Cheney's office "coordinated" the awarding of a multi-billion dollar contract in Iraq for the company he formerly headed, Halliburton. (Reuters) Holstered gun: The Boston Globe's Wayne Washington reports that Bush no longer mentions the prescription drug bill he rammed through Congress: A Globe survey of Bush's and Vice President Dick Cheney's remarks indicate 22 mentions in December and January, four in February, five in March, one in April, and three in May. The reason seems clear: The Medicare expansion, once viewed as a...

The Smoking Gun: Archive

The Smoking Gun: Archive 02/10/2004 02:50 AM
"Tongue-in-Chic: Paris Hilton's Confessions of an Heiress." .. Paris Hilton is circulating a book proposal .. photocopy

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No smoking gun in Iraq

No smoking gun in Iraq 02/01/2005 09:15 PM
In fact, there was no gun at all! In news that I'm sure surprised no one, the US announced the search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq -- the justification for our pre-emptive invasion of that country -- ended after two fruitless years. The New York Times opines in its editorial Bulletin: No W.M.D. Found: The search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq may have been one of the greatest nonevents of the early 21st century, right up there with the failure of the world's computers to crash at the end of the last millennium. That Y2K scare at least brought us an updated Internet. Fear of the nonexistent W.M.D. brought us a war. No matter how the Administration spins it, the ends do not justify the means. Lies, scare mongering, and faulty intelligence have no place in a democracy, regardless of whether a democratic Iraq is the ultimate outcome of the war. This tactic has been so successful for President Bush that you can see it being applied once again, now to Social Security and its current 'crisis' (though projections show benefits will be solvent until 2042, see Democrat disputes Social Security 'crisis'). Americans, I beg of you, in the words of Chuck D: Don't believe the hype!

When I stopped smoking

When I stopped smoking 06/14/2004 08:37 AM

On the Sunday before my surgery, I said to Tori -- "You know I haven't decided to stop smoking yet."

Then after the surgery, not sure which day it was (probably Tuesday morning) in the ICU, the surgeon comes to see me, really sharply dressed, with a sharply dressed woman with him (not sure who she was).

The doctor says "You're a computer guy, right?" I said I was. "What's the word you guys use for seeing something?" I asked if he meant visualize. "That's it!" he exclaimed.

"Now I want you to visualize yourself as a smoker." Since I had been trained in meditation, I thought I was about to be deprogrammed. Okay, I'm visualizing.

"You're dead!" he said and started laughing.

What do you mean? I asked. "People like you who keep smoking are usually dead within three years," he explained. Gulp. Somehow, in all the doom and gloom it had never really sunk in that I had almost died. If I had waited another couple of weeks to deal with this, well, I don't even like to think about it.

Anyway, that was the moment. That was when I decided to stop smoking.

Hostility and Smoking

Hostility and Smoking 02/14/2004 07:15 AM
According to Reuters, a recent study has found that people who have hostile or aggressive tendencies are more likely to become addicted to smoking.  

Galway Pub Allows Smoking Despite Ban
(AP)

Galway Pub Allows Smoking Despite Ban
(AP) 07/07/2004 08:02 AM
AP - A lone Galway pub has thrown down the gauntlet to the Irish government over its 3-month-old ban on workplace smoking — by inviting customers to rebel and light up.

"The Smoking Gun: Archive"

"The Smoking Gun: Archive" 01/06/2004 03:19 AM

Labour considering smoking ban

Labour considering smoking ban 06/30/2004 03:08 AM
Ministers are considering banning smoking in the work place after the next election, a leaked document claims.

WTF is Apple Smoking?

WTF is Apple Smoking? 03/12/2003 11:34 AM
The software update manager appeared last night to tell me it wanted to install Java 1.4.1. Great. but then I noticed the little note at the bottom of the window. Status: Not installed, restart will be required. (Emphasis mine.) What the fuck?! I have to reboot my machine afater upgrading Java? What is this, Windows?! It's JAVA for god's sake! I'm really sick of having to reboot every time Apple throws some new software my way. It sure makes Linux...

Quitting Smoking

Quitting Smoking 07/21/2004 04:53 PM

Dave Winer writes about his experience quitting smoking, and it reminds me of my experience quitting. Many years ago I was a smoker, and it took a couple of tries before I quit successfully.

My first attempt at quitting was doomed to failure. See, I noticed that my cravings were stronger when my friends and I went bar-hopping, so I told myself I'd only smoke when I was drinking. The result? I drank more. Duh.

So I quit cold turkey, and that was well over a decade ago. I've smoked one time since then, about three years ago - not a perfect record, but not bad. The thing that made it easier to quit was that I stopped smoking right after the end of a relationship gone sour. I figured as long as I was giving up one bad habit, I might as well give up smoking at the same time.

Zerco Systems Calls President Bush’s
Ohio Visit Timely & Says Zerco Has
Proven Solution to Help Meet National
Goal To Provide Americans With
Electronic Health Records; Zerco’s
Health-eCard Offers Solution To National
Need

Zerco Systems Calls President Bush’s
Ohio Visit Timely & Says Zerco Has
Proven Solution to Help Meet National
Goal To Provide Americans With
Electronic Health Records; Zerco’s
Health-eCard Offers Solution To National
Need 05/31/2004 01:47 PM
Zerco Systems has proven technology can help meet the call of President George Bush for Americans to have electronic health records within the next 10 years. John Soltesz, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the developer and integrator of optical memory card technology and complete biometric verification-based identification systems and data storage solutions, said, “Zerco’s optical card technology has been applied to health care and meets the President’s criteria to bring health care up to other industries in information technology utilization. The vast storage capacity of the ZercoHealth-eCard meets the needs of providing a personalized single source medical record for all Americans.” [PRWEB May 25, 2004]

Smoking triggers genetic changes

Smoking triggers genetic changes 06/21/2004 08:20 PM
Smoking alters the genes of lung cells, US scientists show for the first time.

More info online: Smoking ban

More info online: Smoking ban 07/25/2004 06:00 AM
Startribune.com - Sun Jul 25, 03:47 am GMT

Galbraith calls for smoking ban

Galbraith calls for smoking ban 07/11/2004 04:02 AM
The former Scottish health minister Sam Galbraith calls for the Scottish Executive to ban smoking in public places.
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