Great American Smokeout.
17 November 2011

The Department of Defense supports the American Cancer Society’s Great American Smokeout (GASO) on 17 November 2011 by encouraging its military personnel, family members, retirees, and everyone to walk away from tobacco for 24 hours. GASO is the American Cancer Society’s nationally recognized day that rallies thousands of smokers to become smoke-free for a day, and perhaps, ultimately, smoke-free forever.

To help smokers walk away…and stay away from tobacco, this site features a range of tools to help increase your chances of quitting successfully, once and for all. You can get started right away with Train2Quit, an interactive online program that will walk you through the steps to becoming permanently tobacco-free. You can create your own quit plan to map out ways to succeed. You can check out our free, confidential Live Chat service, there for you 24/7. If you are a TRICARE^® beneficiary who is not eligible for Medicare, you can call a regional Quitline, available 24/7, 365 days a year and speak to a trained tobacco quit coach.

You can locate local support in your region or State to help you achieve your goal of living tobacco-free. For a diversion, you can play some fun games like Texas Hold ‘em or Kiss Me You Fool. You can learn how much of your cash is going up in smoke by using our online savings calculator. And, you can connect with others who are fighting to quit tobacco just like you through our quit blogs.

So use GASO as your getaway into a world free of smoke and nicotine. On November 17, turn your back on tobacco and walk away for a day; then stay away, for good.

If you are a partner and want to promote the Great American Smokeout on your installation, download our print materials, including posters, Web banners, and print PSAs, for use in any publication, print or online, including your installation newspaper.

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