WABASH COUNTY, IN- The Great American Smokeout will take place on November 20, 2025, to encourage those who smoke to quit for at least one day and promote a smoke-free lifestyle.
Quitting smoking is not easy. It takes time. And a plan. Those who smoke do not have to stop smoking in one day. Start with day one. Let the Great American Smokeout event on November 20 be the day to start a journey toward a smoke-free life!
Thousands of people who smoke across the country are taking an important step toward a healthier life and reducing cancer risk. Plus, the Wabash County Tobacco Free Coalition can help you access the resources and support you need to quit.
Giving up smoking is a difficult journey, but chances of success can increase with a good plan and support. Getting help through counseling and medications doubles or even triples chances of quitting successfully.
Quitting smoking is a process, and success may look different for different people. There are many ways to quit smoking, and some work better than others.
Quitting smoking has health benefits at any age, no matter how long or how much you have smoked.
Quitting smoking:
- Improves health status and enhances quality of life.
- Reduces the risk of premature death and can add as much as 10 years to life expectancy.
- Reduces the risk for many adverse health effects, including cardiovascular diseases,
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), cancer, and poor reproductive health
outcomes. - Benefits people already diagnosed with coronary heart disease or COPD and can
improve the prognosis of patients with cancer. - Benefits the health of pregnant women and their fetuses and babies.
- Reduces the financial burden that smoking places on people who smoke, health care
systems, and society.
Quitting smoking is the single best way to protect family members, coworkers, friends,
and others from the health risks associated with breathing secondhand smoke.
Wabash County Tobacco Free Coalition is located at 41 West Canal Street, Wabash, Indiana 46992
Phone (260) 274 – 2920/Fax (260) 274 – 0185
tobaccofreewabash@hotmail.com
