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TechnographGetting the 'Smoke Out' of your system
American Cancer Society presents 29th Smoke Out
By Stephanie Taylor
Posted: 11/17/05 Section: News
Police tape has blocked off the Quad's perimeter as 160 chalked bodies cover its sidewalks. Hanging on the police tape are 2,500 pictures symbolizing the cause of this mass murderous crime scene. The most devastating truth is that all of these victims are responsible for their own deaths.
On Thursday, the American Cancer Society is presenting the 29th annual "Great American Smoke Out" with the assistance of the Champaign City Tobacco Prevention Coalition and the Colleges Against Cancer.
The campaign's goal is to spread public awareness of the harmful affects of smoking.
"The point is to give people resources and information they need in order to quit smoking by putting the publicity out there to help them quit locally," said Renee Lyell, health initiatives representative at the American Cancer Society.
Lyell will be speaking about resources available in the community on radio station WQQB 96.1 on Thursday morning. The Illinois Tobacco Quit Line and the American Cancer Society are just two of many resources that can assist people in their goal of dropping the dangerous habit.
The University's Colleges Against Cancer is trying to send the message to students in a visually stimulating way. The chalking of the 160 bodies represents the 160,000 Americans that die of lung cancer each year and the 2,500 pictures of smoker lungs and healthy lungs represent the number of people that will die this semester in Illinois alone, said co-president Adam Schwartz, senior in ACES.
"Eighty-nine percent of the students on campus live in the state of Illinois ... so this should hit home for the majority of campus," Schwartz said.
In each chalked body will be important facts about smoking. Not smoking is the number one preventable way to decrease the chances of getting cancer, Schwartz said. On the Quad, the College Against Cancer members will be handing out "quit kits" to those that are serious about starting the challenge of quitting.
On Thursday, the American Cancer Society is presenting the 29th annual "Great American Smoke Out" with the assistance of the Champaign City Tobacco Prevention Coalition and the Colleges Against Cancer.
The campaign's goal is to spread public awareness of the harmful affects of smoking.
"The point is to give people resources and information they need in order to quit smoking by putting the publicity out there to help them quit locally," said Renee Lyell, health initiatives representative at the American Cancer Society.
Lyell will be speaking about resources available in the community on radio station WQQB 96.1 on Thursday morning. The Illinois Tobacco Quit Line and the American Cancer Society are just two of many resources that can assist people in their goal of dropping the dangerous habit.
The University's Colleges Against Cancer is trying to send the message to students in a visually stimulating way. The chalking of the 160 bodies represents the 160,000 Americans that die of lung cancer each year and the 2,500 pictures of smoker lungs and healthy lungs represent the number of people that will die this semester in Illinois alone, said co-president Adam Schwartz, senior in ACES.
"Eighty-nine percent of the students on campus live in the state of Illinois ... so this should hit home for the majority of campus," Schwartz said.
In each chalked body will be important facts about smoking. Not smoking is the number one preventable way to decrease the chances of getting cancer, Schwartz said. On the Quad, the College Against Cancer members will be handing out "quit kits" to those that are serious about starting the challenge of quitting.
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