Tobacco-Free UC Encourages Students to Go Cold Turkey
UC Clermont College students, faculty and staff recently received extra encouragement to quit smokingand nabbed a free lunch.
On Aug. 23 at the colleges campus (and Aug. 29 on the UC East campus), Go Cold Turkey events were held as part of the universitys Tobacco-Free UC initiative, launched in May, which designated all of UCs campuses as smoke-free.
Students who signed pledges to refrain from starting tobacco use were given free turkey sandwiches from Eastgate eatery Everything Bagel along with Quit Kits, which included toothbrushes and toothpaste, gum, and fun items like branded Frisbees. Other giveaways included t-shirts, water bottles and candy; nicotine-replacement gum and patches are also available for students, faculty and staff looking to quit using tobacco products.
Research shows that most people start smoking between ages 18 and 22, said Karen Mathis, one of the coordinators of the Tobacco-Free initiative at UC Clermont. If students dont start smoking now, they most likely never will.
More giveaways are scheduled for the colleges annual Fall Fest (Sept. 6 and 12 at the Batavia campus; Sept. 11 at UC East), and UC Clermont will hold a Freshstart Tobacco Cessation Series on campus for individuals interested in quitting tobacco throughout the Fall semester. Visit
http://www.uc.edu/hr/bewelluc/i_want_to/feelwell/tobaccofree/clermont_resources.html
for session days and times. Contact
at UC Clermont or
at UC East for more information or for nicotine-replacement treatment samples, or visit
http://www.uc.edu/hr/bewelluc/i_want_to/feelwell/tobaccofree.html
to learn more.
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