NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Date:
Phone: D-Day:
Freedom from Nicotine Addiction
As part of D-Day celebrations, students at (name of school
or coalition name) pledged to stay nicotine free and help
smokers quit by introducing (name of tobacco reduction program
or availability of smoking cessation self help pamphlets and
other materials) and sending proclamations to the tobacco
industry on (date) at (time) at (location address).
Students
are (discuss new program or current efforts to reduce tobacco
use here). After reviewing the Declaration of Independence,
students (or community members) discussed how they could encourage
others to never lose their freedom to the addiction of nicotine
and help smokers try to end their addiction to nicotine.
"People
who smoke may want to prepare in advance to quit smoking for
D-Day by seeing their physician and using the effective treatments
available to assist in turning their quit attempt into successful
long-term cessation, said (spokesperson)." The Public
Health Service (PHS) guideline Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence
reports that individual, group, or telephone counseling that
provides practical advice about, and support for, quitting
improves tobacco cessation rates. There are five FDA-approved
medications that double quitting success. Obtaining support
from family and friends, and reimbursing smokers for the cost
of obtaining treatment also increases the number of successful
quitters.
Smoke
Free Society offers free information, plans, techniques and
products that are designed to help smokers quit and stay smoke
free in just 17 days without the use of any substance or drug.
Visit its website at SmokeFreeSociety.org
(http://www.smokefreesociety.org/index.asp) today!
For
more information call (name of contact or coalition) at (phone
number). Additional information, including Treating Tobacco
Use and Dependence is available from the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) at 800-232-1311 or Internet site
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco)
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