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Cerro Gordo County recognizes the Great American Smoke Out

MASON CITY – The Cerro Gordo County Department of Public Health and the Partnership for a Tobacco Free Cerro Gordo County are celebrating the Great American Smoke Out (GASO), Thursday, November 16, 2017.

The Partnership encourages everyone in the community to participate in the event. If you or someone you know uses any form of nicotine, from the old fashioned conventional cigarette to the new emerging products, give the Great American Smoke Out a try. Electronic smoking is still smoking nicotine is highly addictive and very dangerous in any form. The Great American Smoke Out is a day set aside to help you put down the cigarettes, chew or other nicotine and quit for the day. Individual participants are invited to stop at the Cerro Gordo County Department of Public Health this week to pick up their FREE Quit Kit – a bag of ideas and tools to tame the cravings.

The benefits are vast and range from improved finances and personal relationships, to an enhanced quality of life. Tobacco users will immediately feel the health benefits. Within 20 minutes nicotine users in general could drop their heart rate and blood pressure back into a normal zone. Within 12 hours, smoker’s carbon monoxide levels in the blood will also return to normal. Quitting may be the single most effective thing you can do to improve your life expectancy.

The Partnership and Cerro Gordo County Department of Public Health support tobacco cessation and prevention throughout the year:
Tobacco-free worksite, childcare, and homes sample policies to get you started
Technical assistance to implement policies
Customizable tobacco cessation challenges for worksites
Quit Bag Starter Kits (while supplies last)
Useful tobacco education models, FREE to check out and use for your wellness programming
Trainings for medical providers to better assist patients who want to quit

Whether the Great American Smoke Out is the only day you quit or the first day to a tobacco free life there are resources that will help along the way. Start by reaching out. Call Quitline Iowa at 1-800-QUIT-NOW to get connected to a highly qualified quit coach. Combining coaching and medication, highly increases your chance for success. FREE Nicotine Replacement Therapy may be part of your quit plan and transition to a tobacco free future.

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