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		<title>The Nicotine Patch – Is  it a Gimmick?</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2010/03/14/nicotine-patch-gimmick/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2010/03/14/nicotine-patch-gimmick/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:37:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>yvonne_debellotte</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Stop Smoking Aids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nicotine patch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nicotine patches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nicotine patches and gum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[psychological stop smoking aid]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You want to stop smoking and you say you want help.
So you do your research on the nicotine patches that are available.
You decide on a product and you start the process of wearing the patch for ten to thirty or more days.
And at the end you should have eventually beaten the smoking habit.
But have you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>States are Collecting Back Cigarette Taxes from Online Retailers</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2010/03/03/uncollected-cigarette-taxes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2010/03/03/uncollected-cigarette-taxes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:38:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>debra_birkholz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tobacco Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cigarette tax collection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cigarette taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[state of connecticut]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tobacco products]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unstamped cigarettes]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/?p=2782</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Chances are good you will be getting a letter in the mail if you bought cigarettes online trying to avoid paying the high taxes on them.
States including Connecticut are doing just that. According to their web site, “The Jenkins Act requires, that out-of-state retailers report the transactions.”
Yes this means all the retailers that sold cigarettes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weak Tobacco Laws in Russia Increase Risk to Women and Children</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2010/01/10/russia-tobacco-epedemic/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2010/01/10/russia-tobacco-epedemic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 10:02:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>debra_birkholz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[In the News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[big tobacco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marlboro man]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[russia smoking statistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tobacco epidemic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tobacco news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tobacco Regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tobacco risks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women smokers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[younger smokers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/?p=2776</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Gregory Feifer, of Radio Free Europe, Radio Liberty recently published an article on tobacco use in Russia.
He pointed out how the current laws, and heavy regulation and taxes on tobacco products in the West have pressured many smokers to give up their unhealthy habit.
This has had an effect on big tobacco profits in the US [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Do Nicotine, Sugar, Urine, and Arsenic Have in Common?</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2009/12/28/nicotine-sugar-urea-arsenic/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2009/12/28/nicotine-sugar-urea-arsenic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:11:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sanbreck</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Smoking Facts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cigarette additives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cigarette carcinogens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cigarette chemicals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cigarette facts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cigarette ingredients]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cigarette toxins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heavy metals in cigarettes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nicotine in cigarettes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[taste of cigarettes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[whats in cigarettes]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/?p=2772</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Who would ever think of putting nicotine, sugar, urine, and arsenic in the same sentence?
If you have ever smoked a cigarette you may not have to speak the words in a sentence together to experience their relationship.
Here are a few cigarette facts!
The Power of Nicotine
When inhaling the smoke from a cigarette, the nicotine content reaches [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stop Smoking Book Offers an Holistic Approach to Quit</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2009/12/08/stop-smoking-book-wissing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2009/12/08/stop-smoking-book-wissing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>barbara_cronin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Stop Smoking Aids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[george wissing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[holistic approach to stop smoking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stop smoking aid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stop smoking book]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stop smoking for the last time]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/?p=2766</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Every now and then we come across a resource that we feel deserves some attention.
The following is a review of a stop smoking book of which we recently became aware.
We appreciate its holistic and individual approach to quit smoking.
Electronic cigarettes are popping up all over the internet, but the concern of nicotine dependence is still [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Research Discovers Tobacco in Cigarettes Contain Live Bacteria Strains and Human Pathogens</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2009/11/26/cigarettes-contain-live-bacteria/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2009/11/26/cigarettes-contain-live-bacteria/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:16:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sanbreck</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Smoking Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bacteria exposure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cigarette bacteria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dangers of secondhand smoke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dangers of smoking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human pathogens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smoking dangers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smoking risks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[super bugs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tobacco research]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/?p=2762</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Scientific American just published an article by Brett Isreal with a stiff warning that users of tobacco products are also inhaling live bacteria into their lungs when they smoke tobacco.
The amount of carcinogenic substances and chemicals in cigarettes has been the bulk of the research studies, along with the effects of nicotine addition, until now.
This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Put That in Your Pipe and Smoke it</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2009/11/20/tobacco-tax-avoidance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2009/11/20/tobacco-tax-avoidance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:02:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sanbreck</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[In the News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[big tobacco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[childrens health insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cigarette tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pipe tobacco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[roll your own brands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smoking and children]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/?p=2758</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Matt Apuzzo, of the Associated Press reported on a tax loophole that many Big Tobacco manufactures quickly jumped on to reduce their tax base.
By cleverly changing product marketing they are effectively dodging taxes that would have gone to support the cost of children&#8217;s health insurance.
It didn&#8217;t take long for many makers of tobacco products to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Herbal Stop Smoking Aid &#8211;  The Science Behind Essential Breathing Pipes</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2009/11/04/herbal-breathing-pipes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2009/11/04/herbal-breathing-pipes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:08:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sanbreck</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Stop Smoking Aids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aromatherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deep breathing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[essential breathing pipes]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/?p=2750</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of our website visitors recently alerted us to a fascinating way to help smokers quit. 
For a moment, imagine using the same delivery device used for centuries that imposed the negative effects of nicotine dependency being transformed into an herbal healing tool.
This is the story of how  the president of Femlogic, Inc., Tanya [...]]]></description>
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		<title>60 Research Papers on Toxicity of Smoking Destroyed in 1992 by Imperial Tobacco Company</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2009/10/24/destroyed-research-cigarette-toxicity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2009/10/24/destroyed-research-cigarette-toxicity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 06:19:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sanbreck</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[In the News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[big tobacco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[british american tobacco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian Medical Association Journal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carcinogenic effects of smoking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dangers of smoking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[imperial tobacco company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[low delivery cigarettes]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/?p=2747</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Report from Canadian Medical Association Journal.
Earlier this month it was reported in an abstract paper by Canadian Medical Association Journal that British American Tobacco had its affiliate, the Imperial Tobacco company destroy over sixty research documents dating back to 1992.
With this action now surfacing the embarrassment for big tobacco could also lead to future litigation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Want to Quit Smoking? Discover the Easy Quit Hypnosis Program</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2009/10/06/easy-quit-hypnosis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2009/10/06/easy-quit-hypnosis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:37:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sanbreck</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Stop Smoking Aids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[easy quit hypnosis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quit smoking program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quit smoking support]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/?p=2693</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you’re still a smoker like 45.3 million other Americans but want to quit you may want to consider an approach that is getting good reviews, the Easy Quit Hypnosis Program.
This approach was created by Valerie Dawson a “stop smoking” expert.
Dawson’s brings to the table more than eighteen years of experience as a counselor and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US Judicial Panel May Seek Multidistrict Litigation for Mounting Chantix Lawsuits</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2009/09/09/chantix-lawsuits/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2009/09/09/chantix-lawsuits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:44:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sanbreck</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[In the News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cater albrecht]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chantix drug]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chantix lawsuit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chantix questions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chantix risks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chantix side effects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chantix warning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drug side effects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pfizer pharmaseuticals]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/?p=2709</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Again, the stop smoking drug, Chantix, has made the news, and for a very sad reason.
The recent news story we are referring to is a pending lawsuit against Pfizer, Inc.
Parents of a Dallas Musician by the name of Carter Albrecht have filed the suit due to the death of their son who died while on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quit Smoking Right Now: Help Stop Smoking Program has 90% Success Rate</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2009/09/01/quit-smoking-right-now/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2009/09/01/quit-smoking-right-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:46:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>barbara_cronin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Stop Smoking Aids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nlp for stopping smoking]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[rick beneteau]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rick sanura]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smoking addiction]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/?p=2691</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you’re one of the 1.2 billion people still smoking (or someone you love is still smoking) you may be interested in the Quit Smoking Right Now program.
This quitting smoking program, created by author and internet entrepreneur Rick Beneteau, claims an amazing 90% success rate.
Beneteau states the 10% of people who do not successfully kick [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Easy Quit System: Kick Your Smoking Habit for Good</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2009/08/20/easy-quit-smoking-program/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2009/08/20/easy-quit-smoking-program/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:28:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>barbara_cronin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quit Smoking Stories]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/?p=2679</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are so many methods for quitting smoking that the advertisers claim will work.
There’s the patch, the pills, the gums, the smokeless cigarettes, and the list goes on.
But if you’ve tried all of those and are still a smoker you may wonder what’s left, is there anything?
Tapping into Powerful Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to Quit Smoking
There [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Herbal Stop Smoking Aid &#8211; Using Homeopathic Medicines to Quit Smoking</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2009/07/29/homeopathic-quit-smoking/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2009/07/29/homeopathic-quit-smoking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:58:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>barbara_cronin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Stop Smoking Aids]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/?p=2662</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We all know the dangers of smoking, even the dangers associated with second smoke are well documented.
With this alarming information constantly etched into the mind why then, do smokers continue to smoke?
And even more important, is there a safe, sure fire way for them to quit?
Coming into recent attention are the use of homeopathic medicines [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lighting Up While Driving Can Be Costly</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2009/06/15/smoking-while-driving/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2009/06/15/smoking-while-driving/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:07:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sanbreck</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[In the News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week&#8217;s tobacco news was filled with history making reports about congress signing off on regulation of tobacco by the FDA.
Many opinions are floating around. Some are in favor of it, while others are against the bill. Then there are those who like the idea but have concerns over the vast loopholes in the legislation.
Another [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kick Your Smoking Habit in 38 Minutes and 13 Seconds</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2009/06/03/kick-the-habit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2009/06/03/kick-the-habit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 05:07:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>barbara_cronin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/?p=2635</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Quit Smoking Today has quite a promising guarantee.
This stop smoking program was created to help smokers stop now by Rob Mellor.
In his program Mellor reports the smoker can kick the habit in just 38 minutes and 13 seconds, in fact he guarantees it.
Mellor’s philosophy is based on the theory that the number one reason people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>May 31 Celebrate World No Tobacco Day</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2009/05/27/may-31-world-no-tobacco-day/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2009/05/27/may-31-world-no-tobacco-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 12:40:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sanbreck</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/?p=2623</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In 1987 World No Tobacco Day was created by WHO, the World Health Organization.
With a focus on the negative health effects of tobacco smoking, the aim of May 31st is to reduce tobacco deaths each year.
Right now that number stands at about five million yearly. That number is expected to double within the next ten [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Herbal Stop Smoking Aid that Helps with Nicotine Withdrawl and Cravings</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2009/05/05/herbal-stop-smoking-aid/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2009/05/05/herbal-stop-smoking-aid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 07:58:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sanbreck</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Stop Smoking Aids]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the challenges when quitting smoking is getting through the few days of nicotine withdrawal symptoms.
Luckily the symptoms of withdrawal do not last as long as the psychological habits that some people develop over the years.
One stop smoking product that might help when either type of craving is NicoDrops©™.
As a natural smoking cessation aid [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We Quit Smoking for Love. We Both Succeeded.</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2009/04/25/quitting-smoking-for-love/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2009/04/25/quitting-smoking-for-love/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 00:59:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>will_bontrager</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Quit Smoking Stories]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/?p=2482</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I want a cigarette so bad.
Yesterday, we fought with tech support of our Internet service provider&#8230;for hours. They kept putting us on hold, handing us to different departments, saying one thing, then contradicting themselves. Seems the corporate behemoth would see fit to train their support personnel.
Now, today, the stress is catching up with me. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Raising the Smoking Age, Black Market Cigs &amp; 4 Billion for Health Care</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2009/04/17/smoking-age-19/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2009/04/17/smoking-age-19/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 10:49:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/?p=2459</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This week the news reported several tobacco related stories.
As the senate passes a bill to protect young Americans from the effects and dangers of smoking, smokers are red hot over the recent tax hikes and smoker&#8217;s helplines are getting busier by the day.
Also, Big Tobacco is feeling a little pain this week after paying their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Way to Go California &#8211; 1 800 No Butts at Your Service</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2009/04/09/1-800-no-butts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2009/04/09/1-800-no-butts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 08:38:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sanbreck</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[In the News]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/?p=2317</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[California&#8217;s Example Provides Encouragement that Smokers Can Stop
Today in the LA Times, it was reported that the use of cigarettes in California is steadily declining.
Smoking statistics for adults have dropped since California passed a twenty-five cent tax on each pack of cigarettes.
Cigarette Taxes Encourage Quitting Smoking
The decline of adult smokers in California is at forty-one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will New FDA Regulations Backfire and Lend Big Tobacco a Hand?</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2009/04/03/fda-tobacco-regulation-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2009/04/03/fda-tobacco-regulation-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 07:11:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sanbreck</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tobacco Regulation]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/?p=2215</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Government tobacco regulation has been a topic of discussion for years.
Today, the house approved a bill titled, &#8220;Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act&#8221; that would allow the FDA the power to regulate the sale of tobacco products and the ingredients they contain.
For instance, tobacco companies would be banned from adding fruity flavors or additives [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Winners and Losers &#8211; Largest Tobacco Tax Increase</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2009/04/02/increase-tobacco-taxes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2009/04/02/increase-tobacco-taxes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 06:33:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sanbreck</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tobacco Regulation]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/?p=2182</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It wasn&#8217;t so long ago that Measure 50 was put before a people&#8217;s vote in the state of Oregon.
If it had passed, Oregon would have received 85 cents from each pack of cigarettes sold in the state, with the funds marked for children&#8217;s health care programs (and other important programs needing funding in the state).
Unfortunately, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smoking Ups Colon Cancer Risk</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/12/18/smoking-ups-colon-cancer-risk/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/12/18/smoking-ups-colon-cancer-risk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:08:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robbster</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Italian researchers recently reported that smoking cigarettes ups the the risk of getting colorectal cancer by 18 percent and the risk of malignancy by about 25 percent.
This study is published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (December 17, 2008).
Smoking cigarettes does a lot of damage to your body.
Organs that have direct contact with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FTC  Discontinues Tar and Nicotine Test</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/12/06/ftc-discontinues-tar-and-nicotine-test/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/12/06/ftc-discontinues-tar-and-nicotine-test/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2008 22:22:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CiglessBot</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Smoking Research]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/?p=944</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After 42 years, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has ended a test to measure the amount of tar and nicotine in cigarettes.
According to the Associated Press, the FTC decided to discontinue the testing for two reasons: the test itself was flawed, and tobacco companies could use the results to promote one brand of cigarette over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FTC Rescinds Guidance On Cigarette Testing</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/11/29/ftc-rescinds-guidance-on-cigarette-testing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/11/29/ftc-rescinds-guidance-on-cigarette-testing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2008 21:11:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CiglessBot</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/?p=941</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For over four decades the tobacco industry has used machine testing approved by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to measure tar and nicotine levels in cigarettes.
But in a 4-0 vote, the FTC has now shunned the tests, known as the Cambridge Filter Method, rescinding guidance it established 42 years ago.
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) found [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scripps Florida Scientists Find Blocking a Neuropeptide Receptor Decreases Nicotine Addiction</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/11/27/scripps-florida-scientists-find-blocking-a-neuropeptide-receptor-decreases-nicotine-addiction/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/11/27/scripps-florida-scientists-find-blocking-a-neuropeptide-receptor-decreases-nicotine-addiction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 13:47:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kabuki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nicotine Addiciton Dependence]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/?p=938</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Findings could point towards more successful smoking cessation efforts.  The study was published in an online Early Edition issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the week of November 24. Scripps Florida is a division of The Scripps Research Institute.
The neuropeptide, hypocretin-1 (Orexin A), may initiate a key signaling cascade, a series [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smokers Use Cigarettes to Cope with Stress</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/11/23/smokers-use-cigarettes-to-cope-with-distress/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/11/23/smokers-use-cigarettes-to-cope-with-distress/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 02:24:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CiglessBot</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nicotine Addiciton Dependence]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Smokers are poorly equipped to deal with distress without resorting to cigarettes because of their implicit belief that smoking helps them to deal with difficult feelings, a conference for psychologists was told yesterday.
Nigel Vahey of NUI Maynooth said research had found that a key psychological component of tobacco-dependence involved the implicit belief that smoking was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nicotine Addiction Linked to Studies on Autism</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/11/22/nicotine-addiction-autism-linked/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/11/22/nicotine-addiction-autism-linked/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:42:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kabuki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ American researchers have recently discovered a connection between two proteins in the brain, linking nicotine addiction and autism.
According to a study presented at a Society for Neuroscience meeting, there is a physical and functional association between these two conditions.
The study showed that the neurexin-1 beta proteins, which are a part of the brain&#8217;s chemical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Expected To Render Stricter FDA Imports Monitoring</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/11/09/obama-expected-to-render-fda-imports-monitoring-stricter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 21:18:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With Barack Obama having been elected the next president of the United States on November 4, Americans are now expecting to see him keep his promise of bringing the change that the nation needs.
Currently, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is said to begin to both monitor more closely and to instate stricter regulations, as [...]]]></description>
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