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The Smokeout yesterday appeared to be as popular as those in previous years, said Kathleen M. Kniepmann, assistant to the director of UHS. She said UHS does not have figures indicating how many students and faculty have participated in the annual event.
"The packets are a gimmick that makes quitting more fun," said Maura D. Valle, a UHS health educator. "It's not even a cessation program so much as an awareness program," she said, explaining that organizers hoped that abstaining from cigarettes for one day could lead participants to quit for...
University Health Services (UHS) yesterday distributed care packages with chewing gum, lollipops and information on how to quit smoking as Harvard took part in the American Cancer Society's 13th annual Great American Smokeout.
Unlike in some previous years, no students tabled House dining halls to urge undergraduates join the Smokeout. This year, Kniepmann said, UHS decided to emphasize that faculty, staff and graduate students should participate in the event, because a greater percentage of them smoke than of undergraduates.
UHS has about 1700 doses of vaccine, and has placed ads in most undergraduate and graduate student publications.