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Getting a small group of people to participate
in an activity is hard enough, let alone an entire residence hall,
college campus or the whole country. But IT'S FOR ONE DAY! And it's
a start. Of course, we're talking
about The Great American Smokeout. Held annually on the 3rd Thursday
of November, it was created to highlight the dangers of smoking
and challenge people to stop using tobacco.
The idea grew out of a 1971 event when a
Massachusetts resident asked people to give up smoking for a day
and donate the money they would have spent on cigarettes to a local
high school. The idea spread and on November 18, 1976, the California
American Cancer Society Division successfully prompted nearly one
million smokers to quit for the day.
Now, The Great American Smokeout is nationwide
and it's a great promotional opportunity for your campus. To learn
more, visit www.cancer.org
Be sure to download The BACCHUS Network™'s 2005 programming
manual for the Smokeout here, Take
It to the Next Level. It is packed with new programming ideas
from across the US!
You can download the The BACCHUS Network™'s past
programming manuals for The Great American Smokeout by clicking
on the title of each manual (this will download a pdf of the manual.)
In addition, the first Gay American Smoke Out
was held in California in 1994 by the Billy DeFrank Lesbian and
Gay Community Center. According to a 1999 New
York Times article, the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered
community has a higher smoking rate than any other minority group.
Click here
to find out more about the Gay American Smokeout.
Get Recognized
Submit your tobacco control program and it
may be included in the next collegiate Great American Smokeout Manual,
The Peer Educator™, or on this website! Download
the 1-page form here and follow the easy instructions! |
