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2010
9.2.2010
Register for BMI Incentives & Weight Bias Webinar with Dr. Rebecca Puhl & Dr. Jennifer Lovejoy, 9/9
Clear Insights
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8.19.2010
Big Employers Estimate Health-Care Costs Will Rise 8.9% in 2011
Wall Street Journal Health Blog
Katherine Hobson
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8.19.2010
Excellus Offers Help, Tips for People Who Want to Stop Smoking
The Oneida County Courier
Staff
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8.11.2010
Michigan Tobacco Quitline Still Helping Residents in Need
Huron Daily Tribune
Staff
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8.6.2010
Weight Bias Expert Dr. Rebecca Puhl to Present Free Webinar on BMI Incentives
Clear Insights
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7.27.2010
Tobacco Funds Dwindle as Obesity Fight Intensifies
New York Times
Duff Wilson
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7.15.2010
Tobacco Hot Line Jobs Coming to Oklahoma
The Oklahoman
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7.6.2010
Free & Clear's Freedom from Tobacco Flash Mob Video
YouTube
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5.4.2010
More Calling WA Quit Smoking Hotline After $1 Cigarette Tax
King 5 News
Meg Coyle
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4.27.2010
The Health Dangers of Piling up Bad Habits
TIME
Tiffany O'Callaghan
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4.22.2010
Lawmakers, There's a Better Way to Cut Smoking Rate
Yakima Herald Republic
Yakima Herald Republic Editorial Board
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4.21.2010
Go Green This Earth Day: Quit Smoking
Grist
Cheryl Healton, Erich Pica
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4.5.2010
Tobacco Cessation Bill Would Save Lives
Chicago Tribune
Robert Cohen
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3.17.2010
Childhood Obesity: The New Tobacco
Health Affairs
Jonathan D. Klein and Willian Dietz
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3.16.2010
ACS Researchers: Progress, Challenges in the War on Cancer
ACS News Center
Rebecca Viksnins Snowden
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3.8.2010
To Keep Moving, Look Beyond the Physical
New York Times
Jane E. Brody
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3.1.2010
Middle-aged Dieters Hit a Brick Wall After 10 Pounds or So
USA Today
Nanci Hellmich
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2.11.2010
Groups Urge FDA To Relax Restrictions On Nicotine Patches
Dow Jones Newswires
Jared A. Favole
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2.1.2010
DCH Auto Group Launches Quit For Life® Program
Health Insurance News
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1.27.2010
Tobacco Tax Hike Can Thwart Marketing to Our Kids
The News Tribune
Jeffrey R. Harris and Tim McAfee
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1.22.2010
A Unique Perspective: Dr. David Katz’s Take on Reversing Obesity in America
Today's Dietician
Sharon Palmer, RD
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1.12.2010
Rise of the Part-Time Smoker
The Wall Street Journal
Melinda Beck
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1.7.2010
Trying to Quit Smoking? Encouragement Works Better
LA Times
Melissa Healy
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1.6.2010
Obesity Catches Up with Smoking
CBS 42
Alexa Jones
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1.1.2010
Don't Get Complacent with Smoking Cessation
Managed Healthcare Executive
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2009
12.3.2009
American Cancer Society Study Links Long-Term Smoking to Colorectal Cancer Risk
e! Science News
American Association for Cancer Research
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11.23.2009
Kicking the Habit: A public journey for Fairbanks DJ
KTTU
Jason Lamb
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11.17.2009
Rising obesity will cost U.S. health care $344 billion a year
USA Today
Nanci Hellmich
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11.9.2009
Register For Our Latest Webinar: Strategies for Increasing Physical Activity in the Workplace
Clear Insights
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10.19.2009
Healthy Eats: How to Overhaul the Worksite Cafeteria
SHRM Online
Sandi Kaplan
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10.18.2009
More job pressure to quit smoking, shape up?
Seattle Times
David S. Hilzenrath
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10.14.2009
Calls to kick the habit jump at WA tobacco quitline
King 5 News
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10.13.2009
Overeating on Pocket Change
New York Times
Roni Caryn Rabin
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10.6.2009
Rules to Eat By
New York Times
Michael Pollan
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10.6.2009
Calorie Postings Don’t Change Habits, Study Finds
New York Times
Anemona Hartocollis
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9.9.2009
Big Food vs. Big Insurance
New York Times
Michael Pollan
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8.11.2009
Obesity, Smoking Add Immense Burdens to Health Care Costs
CNN
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8.5.2009
Quit Coach Valerie Smalley Featured in "Hawaii Tobacco Quitline Goes Online"
KITV.com
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8.2.2009
Freedom from SnackWells: A conversation with former FDA commissioner David Kessler
The Washington Post
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7.21.2009
Studies Affirm Value of a Healthy Lifestyle
Health Day
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7.16.2009
NBCH Publishes Case Study on Free & Clear Client, Paychex.
National Business Coalition on Health
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6.12.2009
More Smokers Turn to Free & Clear to Quit
Puget Sound Business Journal
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6.11.2009
Senate Passes the Most Sweeping Tobacco-Control Bill
USA Today
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6.11.2009
Senate Approves Tight Regulation Over Cigarettes
The New York Times
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5.19.2009
Free & Clear Participant Featured in ABC's "Smoke-Out: Americans Are Cutting Back" (Video)
ABC News
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4.13.2009
Let Real Healthcare Reform Begin with Me
Los Angeles Times
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4.3.2009
Free & Clear, Mary Kate Salley Featured in "As tax hits, smokers call 'quitlines' for help"
USA Today
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4.2.2009
Hawaii Tobacco Quitline Featured in "More Smokers Look to Quit"
KBMB
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3.27.2009
Quit Coach Eva Marks Featured in Article on Oklahoma Tobacco Helpline
Tulsa World
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3.23.2009
Employers Get Creative to Reduce Staff Stress
The Boston Globe
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3.18.2009
Free & Clear Study on Chantix Featured in Science Daily
Science Daily
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3.13.2009
Cigarette Tax Clouds Boosts Among States
Wall Street Journal
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2.15.2009
Free & Clear's Abigail Halperin Featured in Story on Social Smoking
Kansas City InfoZine
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2.7.2009
Healthy Heart Tips for a Bad Economy
US News & World Report
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1.28.2009
Human Nature: Tobacco's Great Escape
Slate
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1.9.2009
Weight Loss a Phone Call Away, Study Finds
Reuters UK
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2008
12.29.2008
Lessons for Other Smokers in Obama’s Efforts to Quit
New York Times
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12.16.2008
NBCH Publishes Case Study on Free & Clear Client, Caterpillar.
National Business Coalition on Health
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11.26.2008
Fewer Smokers Linked to Lower Cancer Death Rate
USA Today
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11.25.2008
National Business Group on Health Launches New Tobacco Cessation Website for Employers
National Business Group on Health
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11.24.2008
Panasonic Corporation of North America - Tobacco Cessation Case Study
National Business Group on Health
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11.20.2008
Coalition Backs Plan To Provide All Tobacco Users With Access To Cessation Treatment
ACTTION
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11.12.2008
Free & Clear Chosen as Finalist in NW Jobs People's Pick 2008
www.nwsource.com
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11.12.2008
What You'll Save By Quitting Smoking
Forbes Health
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11.3.2008
Money is Tight, and Junk Food Beckons
New York Times
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10.13.2008
Pay-Per-Performance Gets Doctors to Push Smoking Cessation
Wall Street Journal Health Blog
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10.9.2008
Social Smoking Takes a Lasting Toll
Wall Street Journal
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7.8.2008
Smoking Programs Succeed for Plans and Patients
Managed Care
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7.3.2008
Smoking Cessation Incentives Can Positively Impact Bottom Line
Talent Management
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2007
10.26.2007
Free & Clear featured in New York Times article about employers helping employees quit tobacco
New York Times
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