Share Your Story
It takes courage to quit tobacco. Share your story about how tobacco has affected your life or how you quit smoking or chewing tobacco. Your story might help, inspire, or motivate a fellow service member. Here are some ways you can share your experience:
Read these
fact sheets to learn more about tobacco’s harmful effects, the benefits of quitting, and helpful strategies for staying quit.
Will switching to smokeless tobacco help me quit smoking? Can smoking or chewing tobacco affect how I perform in combat? Look no further for answers to all your
questions about tobacco.
You can help get the word out about our Great American Smokeout event by linking to
our banners from your Web site.
Send e-cards to tell your family and friends that you’re quitting smoking or chewing tobacco and to ask for their support.
Check us out on
Facebook,
MySpace and to help you stay tobacco free, connect with others who are also quitting, and receive important tobacco news. Use our
I Quit Tobacco application to let your friends and family know you quit tobacco or to congratulate others for their quit efforts.
Service-specific GASO ads are now available in black-and-white and four-color versions. Click
here to download and send to the Public Affairs Office for use in your installation newspaper.
Quit Tobacco—Make Everyone Proud has produced and distributed radio PSAs in support of this year’s Great American Smokeout. Click
here to listen or download the spots to see what’s playing at stations across the country.
Need motivation and support to help you beat the cravings?
Sign up to receive weekly text messages to your phone to help you quit smoking or chewing tobacco for good. Our text messages will offer advice and tips on how to resist the cravings, boost your resolve, and encourage you to stay quit.
Every year, the Great American Smokeout challenges service members to stop using tobacco and raises awareness about the many effective ways to quit for good.
Get ideas for how you can
host your own 2009 Great American Smokeout event and promote it successfully!
Create a
flyer for your own Great American Smokeout event. Our flyers were designed to assist you in your local efforts to promote quitting smoking and chewing tobacco.
View and download high resolution GASO images to use in your promotional efforts.