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<updated>2010-08-01T06:05:33+01:00</updated>
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<title>The Best Time to Quit Smoking</title>
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<updated>2008-12-05T08:53:17+00:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Every time around New Year, a popular debate, whether resolutions made on New Year last or not, starts doing the rounds. Well, according to findings of a new study,]]></summary>
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<entry>
<title>Time to Make Fresh New Year Resolutions</title>
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<updated>2008-12-05T08:57:24+00:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Time to Make Fresh New Year Resolutions
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<entry>
<title>A Study Found a Link Between Smoking and Pre-eclampsia</title>
<link href="http://www.healthexpress.co.uk/news/smoking-eclampsia0319.html" ></link>
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<updated>2008-12-05T09:04:18+00:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[10th March 2008 – Smoking has been associated with many diseases. One more health risk has been associated with smoking among pregnant women by researchers.]]></summary>
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<entry>
<title>Picture warnings on cigarette packets in the UK</title>
<link href="http://www.healthexpress.co.uk/news/smoking-picture-warnings.html" ></link>
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<updated>2008-12-16T13:08:58+00:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The serious effects of smoking on health are known to all. According to the WHO, smoking is the leading cause of preventable deaths and diseases among people worldwide. Despite this however, many people around the world continue with this habit, often neglecting the health warnings.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Smoking habit can easily pass on to adolescents from their parents who began smoking at a young age, say a study</title>
<link href="http://www.healthexpress.co.uk/news/smoking-habit-can-easy-pass-on.html" ></link>
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<updated>2008-12-23T08:20:42+00:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[22-December-2008 - Smoking habit can easily pass on to adolescents from their parents who began smoking at a young age, say a study. Smoking is the leading cause of preventable diseases and death among people worldwide.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>What others think about it in general, can greatly influence your smoking behavior, says a study</title>
<link href="http://www.healthexpress.co.uk/news/influence-your-smoking-behavior.html" ></link>
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<updated>2008-12-23T09:16:58+00:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[22-December-2008 - Smoking has become a debatable topic everywhere nowadays. And quite rightly so, as it is the leading cause of preventable diseases and deaths among people worldwide. A lot of research is going on to know exactly what influence the smoking behavior of people]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Not only Cigarettes, Shisha also is harmful for you</title>
<link href="http://www.healthexpress.co.uk/news/not-only-cigarettes-shisha-also-is-harmful-for-you.html" ></link>
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<updated>2009-01-08T11:38:32+00:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[It’s official now that smoking is the leading cause of preventable deaths and diseases among people worldwide. Many people including men and women smoke cigarettes, which contain nicotine as the main ingredient.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>HIV- infected women should not smoke, as it can increase risk of papillomavirus, says a new study</title>
<link href="http://www.healthexpress.co.uk/news/hiv-infected-women-should-not-smoke.html" ></link>
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<updated>2009-01-08T11:19:57+00:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[According to the findings of a new study that is published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases, women who are infected with HIV infection can contract human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, if they smoke regularly.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>United Arab Emirates awards non-smokers with &amp;amp;pound;2,000 </title>
<link href="http://www.healthexpress.co.uk/news/united-arab-emirates-awards-non-smokers-with-cash.html" ></link>
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<updated>2009-10-28T12:05:55+00:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[In the United Arab Emirates, the government have launched a new initiative that will see any new non smokers &pound;2,000 richer. The cash incentive scheme has been introduced as a means of encouraging greater numbers of people to quit over Ramadan.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Man Quits smoking with Facebook</title>
<link href="http://www.healthexpress.co.uk/news/man-quits-smoking-with-facebook.html" ></link>
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<updated>2009-09-11T12:38:05+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Michael Cover was able to quit smoking through the use of social networking site;Facebook. By announcing to his friends that he was going to quit, he felt compelled to achieve his goal for fear of embarrassment if he failed.]]></summary>
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<entry>
<title>Smokers to die ten years earlier than non smokers</title>
<link href="http://www.healthexpress.co.uk/news/smokers-to-die-ten-years-earlier-than-non-smokers.html" ></link>
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<updated>2009-09-22T12:29:10+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[According to research published in the Medical Journal, smokers over the age of 50, will die 10 years earlier than health, non- smokers of the same age.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Smokers cost the NHS &amp;pound;1 million a day</title>
<link href="http://www.healthexpress.co.uk/news/smokers-cost-the-nhs-1-million-pounds-a-day.html" ></link>
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<updated>2009-10-08T10:43:14+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[A quarter of the Welsh population are smokers. Diseases resulting from smoking cost the NHS a massive &pound;1 million a day.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Experts dismiss the link with quitting smoking and type 2 diabetes</title>
<link href="http://www.healthexpress.co.uk/news/experts-dismiss-link-between-quitting-smoking-and-type-two-diabates-6754.html" ></link>
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<updated>2010-01-07T11:45:28+00:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Clinical studies have shown up a link between smoke cessation and type 2 diabates. However, experts have dismissed the findings claiming we musn't use it as an excuse not to quit.]]></summary>
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<entry>
<title>Teacher sacked for allowing pupils to smoke</title>
<link href="http://www.healthexpress.co.uk/news/teacher-sacked-for-allowing-pupils-to-smoke-0987.html" ></link>
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<updated>2010-01-12T11:13:28+00:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[A teacher from Northampton has been removed from her post for supplying her pupils with matches and cigarettes.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>School girl has the key to giving up smoking</title>
<link href="http://www.healthexpress.co.uk/news/school-girl-has-the-key-to-giving-up-smoking-1245.html" ></link>
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<updated>2010-01-19T12:34:25+00:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[10 year old Megan Ward has developed an ingenious way in which to get people to quit smoking.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>smoker is injured by exploding cigarette</title>
<link href="http://www.healthexpress.co.uk/news/smoker-injured-exploding-cigarette-7685.html" ></link>
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<updated>2010-02-03T15:50:22+00:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[A smoker form Indonesia has suffered a dental injury as the result of an exploding cigarette. Smoking has been attributed to a number of serious health conditions including lung cancer.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Government set to halve smoking population</title>
<link href="http://www.healthexpress.co.uk/news/government-set-to-halve-smoking-population-4567.html" ></link>
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<updated>2010-02-03T16:14:10+00:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The UK Government will attempt to halve the number of smokers in the country through a new anti-smoking drive. If successful, the plan would mean about four million of Britain’s smokers will be able to complete a successful smoking cessation plan.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>WHO: cutting smoking would halve US heart deaths  </title>
<link href="http://www.healthexpress.co.uk/news/who-cutting-smoking-would-halve-heart-deaths-3543.html" ></link>
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<updated>2010-02-12T15:48:23+00:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Deaths from coronary heart disease in America could be halved if half of the country's smokers gave up, according to a report from the World Health Organisation.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Turkish smoking watchdog imposes fine on 'Tin Tin' creators</title>
<link href="http://www.healthexpress.co.uk/news/turkish-smoking-watchdog-imposes-fine-on-tin-tin-creators-2345.html" ></link>
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<updated>2010-02-18T15:10:59+00:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The creators of iconic cartoon character, Tin Tin find themselves in hot water for episodes containing smoking.
]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Japan to ban public smoking?</title>
<link href="http://www.healthexpress.co.uk/news/japan-to-ban-public-smoking-3453.html" ></link>
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<updated>2010-02-19T13:21:06+00:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Japan are set to impose a complete on smoking indoors in a bid to strengthen its growing smoke cessation plans.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>French shocked by sexual innuendo in anti-smoking advert</title>
<link href="http://www.healthexpress.co.uk/news/french-shocked-by-sexual-innuendo-in-anti-smoking-advert-2345.html" ></link>
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<updated>2010-02-24T12:33:45+00:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[An anti-smoking advert launched in France this week has caused shock, for seeming suggest an analogy between smoking and oral sex.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Dead smoker's funeral warning</title>
<link href="http://www.healthexpress.co.uk/news/dead-smokers-funeral-warning-5743.html" ></link>
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<updated>2010-02-26T14:27:16+00:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[A smoker from Kent who died from lung disease will send a message from beyond the grave at his funeral, where signs will say &quot;Smoking killed me - please give up!&quot;]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Barack Obama told to quit smoking</title>
<link href="http://www.healthexpress.co.uk/news/barack-obama-told-to-quit-smoking-7342.html" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:091dd803-ad56-e11c-6c58-531c2f8a0d29</id>
<updated>2010-03-01T15:18:42+00:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Barack Obama should give up smoking, his doctor advised on Sunday after his first official medical assesment since taking office. ]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Britain celebrates No Smoking Day on Wednesday</title>
<link href="http://www.healthexpress.co.uk/news/britain-celebrates-no-smoking-day-on-wednesday-7546.html" ></link>
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<updated>2010-03-08T13:07:42+00:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Britain will step up its smoking cessation efforts this Wednesday, March 10th, as National No Smoking Day takes place. An estimated 1 million Britons will give up smoking to mark the event.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Doctors call for smoking ban inside cars</title>
<link href="http://www.healthexpress.co.uk/news/doctors-call-for-smoking-ban-inside-cars-5744.html" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:e3cb1788-07a7-c2f6-04fe-7aaa76364dda</id>
<updated>2010-03-26T12:54:06+00:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The Royal College of Physicians has released a new report, calling for the smoking ban to be extended to the inside of cars, on beaches, outside of buildings and in public parks. ]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Memory damage sparked off by smoking</title>
<link href="http://www.healthexpress.co.uk/news/memory-damage-sparked-off-by-smoking-2254.html" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:9d0ce39f-ab39-e2a8-9937-e8a313c2d2e6</id>
<updated>2010-03-17T16:25:08+00:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Smoking is linked to memory loss in middle-age, according to a new report in the Journal of Studies of Alcohol and Drugs, which also suggested that tobacco dependency could be worse for your mental impairment than drinking.  ]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>NHS spends &amp;pound;11 million on smoking cessation</title>
<link href="http://www.healthexpress.co.uk/news/nhs-spends-millions-on-smoking-cessation-4635.html" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:c2b3b18a-5c67-e0a6-c844-b8a67a19f744</id>
<updated>2010-03-31T16:27:16+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The Scottish NHS spent &pound;11 million on smoking cessation medications last year, an increase of more than one third, which is being celebrated by ministers as a sign that more people are quitting. ]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Seven million illegal cigarettes seized</title>
<link href="http://www.healthexpress.co.uk/news/seven-million-fake-cigarettes-seized-276.html" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:c1cde0b0-7c97-d5de-0c36-6e0c2d0e01c6</id>
<updated>2010-04-06T16:10:31+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Police have confiscated seven million illegal cigarettes that were found aboard a ferry arriving in Britain from France. ]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Smoking ban goes underwater</title>
<link href="http://www.healthexpress.co.uk/news/smoking-ban-goes-underwater-6754.html" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:eba71424-ff1b-f790-3bbc-21c14aa5f45f</id>
<updated>2010-04-09T15:58:57+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The American navy will be taking anti-smoking to new depths with a cigarette ban on submarines.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Smokers listen up: your habit is damaging children’s hearing</title>
<link href="http://www.healthexpress.co.uk/news/smoker-listen-up-2362.html" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:e00821f1-d01f-1bf3-2299-9b44491c2c65</id>
<updated>2010-04-14T15:11:15+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[You may not like to hear this if you're a smoker, but second-hand smoke can damage a child's hearing. ]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Do adult films make kids smoke?</title>
<link href="http://www.healthexpress.co.uk/news/adult-films-make-kids-smoke-622.html" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:52e10a44-f4b7-2441-4cba-a033916740b1</id>
<updated>2010-04-28T17:42:51+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[A new study suggests that adult movies with an 18 certificate may make children more likely to smoke cigarettes as they grow up.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Anti-smoking drives threatened by ‘hubble bubble’ craze</title>
<link href="http://www.healthexpress.co.uk/news/hubble-bubble-523.html" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:48090ab3-f9a0-f95c-3a3a-517140142c42</id>
<updated>2010-05-10T12:00:24+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Have you tried hookah? The Arabic water pipe, also known as hubble bubble, is increasingly popular. However, this trend could be threatening to undo the advances made by anti-smoking drives.  ]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Japan introduces the smokeless cigarette</title>
<link href="http://www.healthexpress.co.uk/news/japan-smokeless-534.html" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:6851d349-0296-34fd-fdcb-ed316d1cd9ed</id>
<updated>2010-05-18T12:36:43+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[A new alternative to cigarettes has been introduced in Japan: the smokeless cigarette. The product could become popular with people in Japan who want to smoke, but are embarrassed about exposing others to their second-hand smoke.  ]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Kate moss to quit smoking for pregnancy</title>
<link href="http://www.healthexpress.co.uk/news/kate-moss-quit-smoking-567.html" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:ccdb7b05-7177-7d00-20db-c1f2297cb78f</id>
<updated>2010-05-24T13:00:55+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Supermodel and beauty ;Kate Moss is rumoured to be having yet another go at quitting smoking after having already failed on several occasions. ]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>More Scots attempt to quit smoking</title>
<link href="http://www.healthexpress.co.uk/news/scots-quit-smoking-452.html" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:463d593b-3567-6ba0-844d-11704a123f12</id>
<updated>2010-05-26T17:39:34+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[An increasing number of people in Scotland are trying to quit smoking. The new government statistics also show more people are using NHS smoking cessation services. ]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Champix and smoking cessation aids help fractures heal faster?</title>
<link href="http://www.healthexpress.co.uk/news/champix-smoking-cessation-746.html" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:34e06038-21cb-6c20-23d8-25af60f42cf2</id>
<updated>2010-06-02T16:16:22+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Smoking cessation aids, possibly including Champix, may help people to recover after operations. ]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Two year old smoker cuts down to 15 a day</title>
<link href="http://www.healthexpress.co.uk/news/two-year-old-smoker-fifteen-a-day-567.html" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:6d50c7eb-b9c0-3cd1-6733-b05524360232</id>
<updated>2010-06-08T12:19:32+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[We previously brought you the story of 2 year old Ardi Rizal who was reported to have a 40 cigarette a day habit despite the fact he is yet to walk. The horrifying discovery came after the Sun newspaper covered his plight last month.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>How long will it be until the electric cigarette replaces tabacco?</title>
<link href="http://www.healthexpress.co.uk/news/how-long-electric-cigarette-replaces-tabacco-567.html" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:46563589-f6bb-44a4-a497-161e148b6a9a</id>
<updated>2010-06-21T17:59:32+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[How long will it be until the electric cigarette replaces its tobacco counterpart?]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Smoking ban shuts down Tony Blair's local</title>
<link href="http://www.healthexpress.co.uk/news/smoking-ban-tony-blair-346.html" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:e41104f4-479c-0913-289f-b9c26cf38148</id>
<updated>2010-06-30T11:38:21+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Three years on from the introduction of the smoking ban, Tony Blair's former Labour Club has shut down thanks in part to the ban.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Pregnant women to be given smoking cessation tests</title>
<link href="http://www.healthexpress.co.uk/news/pregnant-women-smoking-cessation-test-567.html" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:15cd9ab9-aa52-fb8c-cd4f-7799131f75a1</id>
<updated>2010-07-05T17:50:50+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[A health watchdog has suggested that pregnant women should be tested for smoking in a bid to help them quit]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Cigarette accident in Torquay prompts safety warnings</title>
<link href="http://www.healthexpress.co.uk/news/cigarette-disaster-torquay-346.html" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:120276cc-4636-9c83-0559-6a0a62ab514a</id>
<updated>2010-07-12T11:19:59+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[A man from North Devon nearly set his garden fence on fire when he threw a finished cigarette into his flower bed last week.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Oktoberfest drinkers affected by smoking ban</title>
<link href="http://www.healthexpress.co.uk/news/oktoberfest-smoking-ban-624.html" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:2508181d-8443-dda1-00ea-2a5da8523730</id>
<updated>2010-07-13T18:23:43+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[A city-wide smoking ban in Munich will affect revellers at one of Europe's largest drinking festivals, Oktoberfest.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Government to peform u-turn over cigarette machine ban</title>
<link href="http://www.healthexpress.co.uk/news/government-perform-u-turn-cigarette-ban-567.html" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:14f1cfc6-c480-8bf7-c673-2eeb31badf4b</id>
<updated>2010-07-15T17:32:51+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The law which would see a ban on cigarette and tobacco vending machines in pubs and a similar ban on tobacco displays in side of shops may be scrapped by David Cameron’s coalition government.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Billie Piper in smoking controversy</title>
<link href="http://www.healthexpress.co.uk/news/billie-piper-smoking-346.html" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:2a521ce8-df2f-6e6e-d294-23e95500bb59</id>
<updated>2010-07-23T10:49:34+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Anti-smoking campaigners have criticised Billie Piper for smoking in the presence of her 21 week old son.]]></summary>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Pharmacy offers help to Muslim smokers during Ramadan</title>
<link href="http://www.healthexpress.co.uk/news/muslim-smoking-cessation-463.html" ></link>
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<updated>2010-07-28T15:49:54+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The Co-op pharmacy is offering free smoking cessation advice during the month of Ramadan. The support could help muslims who are seeking to give up smoking.  ]]></summary>
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