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Great American Smokeout

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

The Great American Smokeout Is Nov. 15

The Great American SmokeOut is an annual event sponsored by the American Cancer Society.

The following article was submitted by the Gwinnett, Newton, and Rockdale County Health Departments. Tina Long started smoking when she was 16, because she and a friend thought that smoking would help them lose weight. “It didn’t work,” she recalled. “I smoked after each snack and meal, but I did not lose weight.” She did, however, become addicted to cigarettes and continued to smoke for 28 years. It would take a laryngectomy (removal of her vocal chords) 14 years ago to convince her to quit. When asked what she thought influenced her decision to smoke Ms. Long replied that she “saw and heard advertising for cigarettes on television, radio, newspapers and magazines saying why people should smoke.” But the greatest influences came from …

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