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...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 »

...mere street demonstrations. But there is a proven alternative to throwing out the Constitution. U.S. officials can take a lesson from the Mexican government and police. During quite militant demonstrations against the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Cancun last September, unarmed Mexican police held their positions without using pepper spray or clubbing and arresting demonstrators. They proved that the state can de-escalate repressive police tactics and still preserve trade forums. Our FBI and Miami police observers were there in Mexico. They deliberately chose the repressive Miami model over the more effective Cancun model...

Author: By Tom Hayden, | Title: Harvard and Miami | 1/7/2004 | See Source »

...going to kill innocent civilians. That's just a part of who we are." He thinks back to the grenade attack. "A couple of us saw some guys running away and thought about pulling the trigger. But when you see a guy running through a crowd, do you spray the crowd to get the guy? If in a situation like that you can control your impulse for revenge, then that means you are fighting for something larger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Portrait Of A Platoon | 12/29/2003 | See Source »

...command among the six most dangerous for coalition forces. The 1.2sq.-mi. area is home to 400,000 people, most of them Sunni Muslims. The anti-American graffiti that blankets the walls of neighborhood buildings attests to the strong resistance to the U.S. presence here. Spray-painted in Arabic and English, it reads, DOWN USA. LONG LIVE SADDAM. YES TO MARTYRDOM FOR THE SAKE OF IRAQ. "The majority of people seem all right," Whiteside says. "But it's like racism. Some people actually, truly hate us, and they're going to teach their kids the same thing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Portrait Of A Platoon | 12/29/2003 | See Source »

...plans to shift supplies, if needed. But if you want a flu shot and haven't got it yet, there's no point in tarrying any longer. Healthy folks ages 5 to 49 who cannot find the vaccine can ask their doctors about a new option: FluMist, a nasal-spray vaccine. It costs $25 to $55 more than the standard shot, but several million doses of FluMist, which isn't suitable for the frail, are still available...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health: If You Want A Flu Shot, Better Start Looking | 12/15/2003 | See Source »

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