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Dates: during 2000-2009
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What a lot of smokers don't realize is that the most popular method of quitting--just stopping, a.k.a. going cold turkey--is the least effective. Studies show that getting intensive short-term counseling, taking drugs like Zyban (an antidepressant) or using one of the many nicotine aids (gum, patch, inhaler, nasal spray, lozenge) all double the chance of success. Preliminary results suggest that combining these methods will increase success rates even more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health: Stub Out That Butt! | 1/19/2004 | See Source »

First it was a new policy of tolerance toward gays. Then bans were relaxed on the screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and the sale of chewing gum and Cosmopolitans. If that isn't enough to convince you that buttoned-up Singapore is finally loosening its collar, then maybe its retail revolution will. Several painfully hip malls-packed with young-designer goods-have opened of late, bringing new life to the Lion City's shopping scene...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Youth Centers | 11/24/2003 | See Source »

Andy later explained to us that since the formula did not contain gums and chemical chelating agents, it would spoil in a short time; he urged us to add some of the chemicals that would fix its longevity. We refused. But to Andy's surprise, after testing, his chemists concluded that since Paul's dressing consisted of oil and vinegar and contained mustard, those elements combined to form a natural gum. We were elated with this lucky happenstance, but Andy presented us with another problem. We did not have EDTA (ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid) in our formula, which was thought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Book Excerpt: Newman's Own Story | 11/10/2003 | See Source »

...following done: jowl implants (what is a jowl?), buckle pads excision (don’t know what that is either), liposuction on the cheeks, liposuction on the chest, abdomen and hip rolls, fat injections in the face, a hair weave, Lasik eye surgery and dental work, including gum reshaping, teeth whitening and eight upper veneers (what?). Oprah would have given him a bottle of wine and a limo for a night out with his crush; this show gives him a new body...

Author: By Lisa M. Puskarcik, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Bubblegum Machine | 10/24/2003 | See Source »

...told them to give Matthews a “rock-star walk-on” and advised them not to chew gum in case the camera zoomed in on them...

Author: By Stephen M. Marks, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Candidate Kerry Faces ‘Hardball’ at Harvard | 10/21/2003 | See Source »

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