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...close female friend of mine. “What’s wrong?” I asked. “Someone just kicked me in the head,” she said. My friend is a photographer. She had been chilling out at Hempfest, a “smokeout love-in” at Boston Common. Four skaters walked by her, each holding a corner of an enormous American flag. My friend was so taken by this sight that she readied her camera. Just then, a man ran up from out of nowhere and kicked her in the head...
...today is also the 23rd Great American Smokeout. Today, all across the nation, the American Cancer Society (ACS) is sponsoring events to encourage smokers to stop smoking, at least for 24 hours, and see how it makes them feel. "Prove to yourself if you can quit for one day, you can quit for a lifetime," say the advertisements. Through a variety of programs, from nicotine patches to counseling, the ACS and its partner within the federal government, a branch of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), are working to make today the first day of a better...
...Harvard, with the luck to be located in Massachusetts, one might think the Smokeout is a day to rest on our laurels. Harvard buildings are already smoke-free, and on Tuesday the Massachusetts Department of Public Health announced that Massachusetts has 150,000 fewer smokers than it did six years ago. Even the rate of teens who are starting to smoke is down slightly. These results, as well as extensive lobbying pressure, have convinced Governor A. Paul Celucci that the tobacco settlement in the budget should be allocated as planned, including $6.7 million to smoking-cessation programs...
...this addiction should be taken seriously. Information provided by Jim Michie, the spokeperson for SAMHSA, suggested that the Great American Smokeout should help college students focus on their tobacco addiction: "Just as they think about college as a means to achieve their long-term career goals, students should look at stopping smoking as a way to live long enough to enjoy what their hard work and sacrifice have earned them...
...mention what they will eventually do, if you're a man, to your sex life. But if you, like 48 million other Americans, are still smoking, you've got another chance to quit this Thursday as part of the American Cancer Society's 22nd annual Great American Smokeout. One in 4 smokers is expected at least to try kicking the habit. Nobody says it will be easy. A national survey made public last week by the Hazelden Foundation of Center City, Minn., found that it took former smokers, on average, at least 10 attempts over 18 years before they finally...