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- Wendy l.avine - non-smoker:
"If they can do it for one day then
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If Holly Can Quit For Day, So Can You
BY CHARLOTTE StHMKKLK
Thursday, November 21 is the
GREAT AMERICAN
SMOKEOUT for 1985 and the day
belongs to you. Of course, you can
count on some help from your
Iriends in this endeavor. Find a
non-smoker or another smoker
who is willing to quit for at least
24 hours and start a support
group. Sign the adoption papers
on this page, bring them to
Founders Lobby, Wednesday,
November 20. 11:30 a.m. - 12:30
p.m. and receive some survival
aids. Pick up supplies for a
balloon launch at 12:45 p.m. in
trout of Founders. Prepare for
the best! It's not easy but the
rewards are tremendous. All
students, faculty and stall are en
couraged to attend the balloon
launch
HISTORY OF THE GREAT
AMERICAN SMOKEOUT
1985 is the ninth year as an an
naul nationwide celebration. The
lirst mass movement began in
Monticello, Minnesota in 1974
when Lynn R Smith, editor of the
Monticello Times, started the
movement. "Adopt-A-Smoker
began only last year as a means
to support people anxious to quit
but skeptical about their ability
to do so alone. The smokeout idea
has spread to several foreign
countries including Canada,
Great Britain, Ireland, France,
Australia, South Africa. Norway,
Sweden and Finland.
According to the American
Cancer Society, in 1984, 33.6% of
smokers attempted to "give up
the habit" for one day. A Gallop
survey showed that 10% of those
succeeded for a full 24 hours. One
to five days later more than 5%
3.1 million) Americans were still
not smoking. Isn't it your time to
become an important, positive
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- John Grimes - smoker: "It
causes a lot of unnecessary
nicotine fits."
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A GUIDE FOR ADOPT-A
SMOKER
On Smokeout Day, we should
all be especially kind to smokers
who are trying to quit. Some will
be wearing stick on badges, so
look for them and give a word of
encouragement. DON'T NAG,
THREATEN, PREACH, or
SCOLD. Moral support, en
couragement and incentives can
help a smoker get through the
day - and hopefully longer.
- Show you care.
- Provide a survival kit
(sugarless gum, nuts, carrot and
celery sticks).
- Be available to your adopted
friend for the entire day; eat
meals together if possible.
- Be sure your adopted friend is
wearing a "quitters sticker.
- if you're an ex-smoker, share
experiences on what worked for
vou. but don't preach!
- Plan something to help your
partner get through the long
evening hours .. go to the movies
(no smoking section, of course),
swim, play racquetball, plan a
small dorm party with fellow
helpers.
- Offer congratulations at the
end of the day.
- Urge your partner to "stay
off" now that one day is over!
"QUIT TIPS'' FOR SMOKERS
- Throw out all cigarettes.
- Clean out and put away all
ashtrays.
- When the urge hits, take a
deep breath, hold it, then release
slowly - that's fresh air you're
breathing.
- Exercise to relieve tension.
- When tempted to reach for a
cigarette reach mentally for the
most negative smoking image
you can remember and dwell on
it for 15 seconds.
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- Diane Morton - non-smoker:
"If people are thinking of stopp
ing it gives them a chance to try it
for a day."
(She's smoked a pack a day for six years)
- Use your survival kit
(sugarless gum, carrot and
celery sticks, apple slices, etc.).
- Eat three meals. Avoid sweet
or spicy foods which may trigger
desire lor a cigarette.
- Change habits associated with
smoking (e.g. have toast instead
of a cigarette for breakfast).
- Drink lots of liquids (6-8
glasses per day) avoiding caf
fenated, sweet or alcoholic
beverages.
- Keep your hands and your
mind busy. Work on a crossword,
wash your hair, balance your
checkbook.
Adoption Papers
i as a nonsmoker. will take it upon myself to
help —on the path to smokelessness For my port I
will provide you with constant encouragement, fruit and peanuts if need be, and
a shoulder to cry en.
It will be expected that will assist me by adhering
to the following suggestions:
1. Hide cigarettes, ashtrays, lighters and matches
2. Tell all your friends that you havf adopted and will not smoke on the
day of the Great American Sm xit (GAS), the third Thursday in November.
3. Call on your foster nonsmoker n times of weakness.
4. Refrain from frequenting smokt ooms.
5. Repeat to yourself over a* ; smoking is a GAS."
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- Tom Klopman - non-smoker:
"It sees people to try to stop
smoking."
- Carry this with you as an ins
tant reference on you day -
November 21.
SOME GENERAL FACTS ON
SMOKING AND HEALTH.
- Lung cancer is largely a
preventable disease. It is
estimated that 83% of the deaths
from lung cancer could be avoid
ed if individuals never took up
smoking.
- Cigarette smokers, who repre
sent less than one-third of the
adult population, account for
about 83% of all cases of lung
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- Carolyn Buckner - non
smoker: "Tries to make people
aware of how dangerous it can
be."
photos by Rolf Orsagh
cancer.
- Lung cancer is the number
one cause of cancer death among
men. But in the last 30 years,
there has been an increase of
more than 300% in women's lung
cancer death rates. This year,
lung cancer is expected to sur
pass breast cancer as the number
one cancer killer among women.
- Cigarette smoking has been
implicated as a cause of cancer in
parts of the body other than the
lungs, including the mouth,
pharynx, larynx, esophagus,
bladder, and pancreas.