Great American Smokeout preview: Working to promote healthier alternatives to smoking

By Stockly Buabeng
November 19, 2014

An alternative to smoking that some students have used is vapor. (Amarra Boone/Photo Editor)
An alternative to smoking that some students have used is vapor. (Amarra Boone/Photo Editor)

As individuals, it is important to constantly stay healthy and fit. There have been a lot of organizations who have been advertising the dangers of smoking and ways that people can quit smoking. One such organization is the American Cancer Society.

An alternative to smoking that some students have used is vapor. (Amarra Boone/Photo Editor)
An alternative to smoking that some students have used is vapor. (Amarra Boone/Photo Editor)

The American Cancer Society holds an event on the third Thursday of November every year in an attempt to raise awareness about the dangers of smoking. This event is held every year to encourage smokers to make an effort to stop smoking.

The belief here is that by encouraging smokers to quit even for a day, it will be a great achievement to all smokers as it helps in building healthier lives and reduces the risk of developing cancer.

The Great American Smokeout is a good way to help younger people who smoke everyday reduce their smoking habits and help promote healthier lifestyles. It is a huge event every year which will occur on Nov. 20.

Cabrini College’s exercise science and health promotion department is having several student run booths throughout the day all over Cabrini’s campus in hope of raising awareness around campus. The students in this department will be creating a smoking cessation booth to help illustrate the dangers of smoking. They hope to use this cause to help decrease smoking on Cabrini’s campus.

There will be two other booths running that day. One will be set up in the Iadarola Center lobby from 9:30 to 11 a.m. and the other inside the Dixon Center from 10 to 11:30 a.m. and from 2 to 5 p.m.

The use of tobacco is still a huge topic in the world as it is one of the single largest preventable cause of disease and the cause of premature death in the United States.

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