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Teen Smokestoppers Program Reaches out to CT Schools for the Great American Smoke-Out on November 15
St. Vincent’s Teen SmokeStoppers Program, underwritten by St. Vincent’s SWIM Across the Sound, has been out in great force in November, recruiting Connecticut Schools and Students to participate in the Great American Smoke-Out that started on November 15. The Teen SmokeStoppers Program provides free interactive Teen Smoking Prevention and Cessation Classes in schools throughout the state. To date, more than 110 schools have participated in the program and more than 88,000 teens have been touched by it. The Prevention Classes are age-appropriate presentations that include viewing of preserved human lungs to demonstrate how a healthy lung compares to one diseased from smoking, as well as allergic and strength reactions to cigarettes and other interactive activities that demonstrate the dangers of smoking. The Cessation Classes consist of eight sessions divided into three stages. The first stage, prepares teen smokers psychologically and physically for the quitting experience, the second stage offers the techniques, guidance and structure necessary for cessation during critical first days of nicotine withdrawal and the final stage creates a system that addresses transition needs and eases the way to permanent cessation. The program has helped more than 5,700 teens quit smoking. Smoking is responsible for one in three cancer deaths and one in five deaths from all causes, and about 8.6 million people have serious illnesses caused by smoking. Smoking also causes premature skin wrinkling, bad breath, stained teeth, gum disease and yellowing of the fingers and fingernails. For more information about St. Vincent’s Teen SmokeStoppers Program, call St. Vincent’s Medical Center Foundation at (203) 576-5451.
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