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Memorials remind of the dangers of smoking

November 20, 2002 By admin

The west lawn of the Iowa Capitol building will be covered by small, lighted memorials this evening as part of a ceremony calling attention to the dangers of smoking. Kerry Finnegan is spokeswoman for the American Cancer Society chapter in Des Moines.The 5:30 ceremony will feature the lighting of 49-hundred luminarias representing the number of Iowans who die every year from tobacco-related diseases. Finnegan says the near-five-thousand luminarias are made of brown paper lunch sacks.Smoking causes some 400-thousand deaths nationwide every year, which Finnegan says is the equivalent to three jumbo jet crashes every day. She says tonight’s ceremony is a precursor for tomorrow’s 26th annual event, the Great American Smokeout, which aims to get smokers to kick the habit for one day in hopes they can make it a permanent change. Quitline Iowa is a big part of the state’s comprehensive tobacco control program. Smokers can create a personalized quitting plan with a support counselor by calling, toll-free, 866-U-CAN-TRY.

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