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Show ' f I V ' : i::::::::::i::::::if 4 -C- - j X I ' ' Lf -,-T' ','.'u - ' tVf. r1 ; ' z::''?mt 1 f R : A ; UTr;vM,f4 - m The American Cancer Society's smokeless dragon visit-klrtF.HtfmC visit-klrtF.HtfmC tne Farmington Drug store this week to congratulate II U IllUalll them on not selling cigarettes for the past year. Shown with him (Cliff Hughes) at the display case where the Ij f A fi J I J R R F A I r cigarettes used to be kept, are Pam Bain, clerk and Greg Hight, pharmacist. The visit was in celebration of the Great American Smokeout to be held cross the nation on Thursday. By BETTY C. FISHER The fourth annual Great American Smokeout is scheduled sche-duled across the nation on Thursday, Nov. 20. And that means that the Farmington Drug Store will be celebrating its first anniversary of not selling sell-ing cigarettes. "THE AMERICAN Pharmaceutical Phar-maceutical Association has been urging its members to heed the warning given by the U.S. Surgeon General con-: con-: cerning smoking. We've been asked to not sell anything that might be hazardous to the health of our customers," Walt Bain, proprietor of the Farmington Drug said. "So, when the American Cancer Society was holding its Great American Smokeout last November, we decided that would be an appropriate time to quit stocking cigarettes," cigaret-tes," he added. HAS IT hurt his business? "Well, I don't think so. We've probably lost $500 in cigarette sales, but I'm sure we've made up for it in other ways. Usually, Usual-ly, when we tell a customer we don't sell cigarettes, he'll buy some gum or something else to chew on until he can buy his cigarettes some place else," Mr. Bain said. This year, in Utah, the one-day one-day smokeout event will be themed "Stomp Out Draggin' Breath," using a dragon who "can't help the way his breath smells of smoke but you can." The dragon will be advising smokers to "puff off' and not take anymore "drags" on their cigarettes, cigars or pipes. SURVEYS consistently show that large numbers of . cigarette smokers want to quit. The Great American Smokeout Smoke-out gives them an opportunity to prove to themselves that they can even if just for a day. The Smokeout (or Smokeless Smoke-less Thursday) has been very effective in previous years with some five million quitting for the day last year. Statistics in 1978 showed that nearly 14,500,000 of the nation's cigarette smokers participated in the event. Of these, about 3,600,000 made it all the way through the day, and 2,400,000 were still not smoking two weeks later. THESE STATISTICS are very encouraging, since the ultimate aim of the Smokeout is to get smokers to break the habit for their own good health. The dragon has been making visits to various places in Utah previous to the Smokeout on Thursday. Then, on Thursday, it will be wandering around the ZCMI Mall in Salt Lake City from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. urging smokers to "puff off." MEMBERS OF the Utah Division, Di-vision, American Cancer Society, Soci-ety, will also be on hand at the Mall to encourage smokers to quit for the day. They will have several helps and printed materials to assist them in quit- ting. Smokers will also be able to test their lung capacity with a lung-testing machine. Nurses will be in attendance to assist the ACS people. Pledge cards will be available avail-able at the mall and at the ACS office, 610 E. South Temple. These are for both smokers and non-smokers. The cards for non-smokers are for their use in urging a smoker friend to quit for at least that one day. And who knows, it might be the start of a whole new smokeless habit. It has worked for many. It may work for you or your friends. PLAN TO give it a try on Smokeless Thursday, Nov. , 20. Make that a 24-hour period of getting a real breath of fresh air. It may be a bit rough on your nerves, but the American Cancer Society guarantees your lungs will feel great! |