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Cigarette trade-in fights cancer
Colleges Against Cancer exchanges student smokes for chocolate-covered pretzels
News Department
Issue date: 11/13/09 Section: News
Yesterday, Colleges Against Cancer held an informative table to raise awareness and earn money to fight lung cancer on Fairfield Way yesterday.
Colleges against Cancer is a subdivision of the American Cancer Society, according to the American Cancer Society's Web site.
UConn has been involved with the program for about 6 years, and has already raised about $200 to fight lung cancer.
At the table students had the option to exchange a cigarette for a chocolate-covered pretzel to discourage smoking.
Those students who did not have cigarettes to exchange could donate money or buy a t-shirt or lollipop that was for sale. All who donated received a free chocolate pretzel. The shirts said "I put out cigarettes" and cost $12. The lollipops cost $1.
Members tabling for the donations also worked to inform students on the dangers and impacts of smoking.
"That's what makes people stop, when they see what's in your lungs," said Gwen Egloff, a 3rd-semester pre-pharmacy major.
"A lot of people look at the tar jar and actually realize what they're putting in their lungs," Stephanie Marcelonis, a 3rd-semester psychology major said.
The table had a "tar jar" representing the amount of tar a smoker puts in their lungs after one year of smoking one pack of cigarettes a day. They also had a replica of a cigarette that had examples of what type of ingredients are found in the average cigarette.
"I showed it [the tar jar] to one of my friends to try to convince him to quit," Matt Capozziello, a 5th-semester biological science major, said.
The Colleges Against Cancer group at UConn does a different event every month. The Great American Smoke Out is the third Thursday of November, according the the American Cancer Society Web site. UConn's College Against Cancer group also recently raised about $700 for breast cancer.
Colleges against Cancer is a subdivision of the American Cancer Society, according to the American Cancer Society's Web site.
UConn has been involved with the program for about 6 years, and has already raised about $200 to fight lung cancer.
At the table students had the option to exchange a cigarette for a chocolate-covered pretzel to discourage smoking.
Those students who did not have cigarettes to exchange could donate money or buy a t-shirt or lollipop that was for sale. All who donated received a free chocolate pretzel. The shirts said "I put out cigarettes" and cost $12. The lollipops cost $1.
Members tabling for the donations also worked to inform students on the dangers and impacts of smoking.
"That's what makes people stop, when they see what's in your lungs," said Gwen Egloff, a 3rd-semester pre-pharmacy major.
"A lot of people look at the tar jar and actually realize what they're putting in their lungs," Stephanie Marcelonis, a 3rd-semester psychology major said.
The table had a "tar jar" representing the amount of tar a smoker puts in their lungs after one year of smoking one pack of cigarettes a day. They also had a replica of a cigarette that had examples of what type of ingredients are found in the average cigarette.
"I showed it [the tar jar] to one of my friends to try to convince him to quit," Matt Capozziello, a 5th-semester biological science major, said.
The Colleges Against Cancer group at UConn does a different event every month. The Great American Smoke Out is the third Thursday of November, according the the American Cancer Society Web site. UConn's College Against Cancer group also recently raised about $700 for breast cancer.
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