Today is the 36th annual Great American Smokeout. The American Cancer Society has several ways to help people kick the habit, including new features on social media.
Free phone coaching is available at 1-800-227-2345. Help is also available at 1-800-55-66-222. Tips and tools are online at cancer.org/smokeout and ashline.org/help. You’ll find these phone numbers and links on the KIKO News weblog.
The American Cancer Society is also on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
For information about Gila County’s Tobacco Free Environment Program call Christine Rocha at 402-8789.
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Thursday, November 17, 2011
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Underage Smoking a Problem in Rural Arizona
The latest statewide inspection of retail tobacco outlests shows that underage smoking is a problem in rural Arizona. The Arizona Attorney General’s Office says that employees are selling to minors 15% of the time.
But in Gila and seven other rural Arizona counties, the percentage is 25% or higher.
The inspection included nearly 2,000 retail tobacco outlets in Arizona.
But in Gila and seven other rural Arizona counties, the percentage is 25% or higher.
The inspection included nearly 2,000 retail tobacco outlets in Arizona.
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