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Employees accept ‘Smokeout’ challenge
UD’s Employee Wellness Center has a plan and incentives to help smokers to smoke less or quit smoking. When participants registered, they were given a log that could fit in a pack of cigarettes and each day they smoked one less cigarette they made a big plus sign. On the actual quit day, Thursday, Nov. 18, the center handed out a survival packet to help smokers get through the day, including gum, a bubble-blowing kit, straws, a cost-of-smoking calculator and information on smoking and cessation programs. The smokers also participated in a “Drop the Habit” contest by dropping their cigarettes from the balcony overlooking the swimming pool in Carpenter Sports Building into a trash can with a life preserver on top. If the cigarettes landed in the trashcan, participants were invited to choose a prize. Leslie Murin, staff assistant in risk management/rental housing, started smoking in high school. The mother of two children, she quit smoking when she was pregnant and does not smoke around her children—“They hate it,” she said. A social smoker, she said she smokes less that she used to and has decided to stop smoking completely. “I know smoking is bad for you and have made up my mind not to do it at all. I don’t like the smell or the way I feel after smoking,” she said. That doesn’t mean she doesn’t have the desire to smoke. “We all have those moments but they pass,” she said, “ and the survival kit is a help.” For more information, visit [www.cancer.org/docroot/SPC/SPC_0.1.asp]. Article by Sue Moncure To learn how to subscribe to UDaily, click here. |
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