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Like the pledge to diet and exercise, the pledge to quit smoking is subject to relapse.
That’s important to keep in mind for all of those who promised to quit smoking on Nov. 20 as part of the Great American Smokeout, a national campaign in which smokers are urged to give up their unhealthy habit.
Luckily, several universities have joined forces to launch Stay Quit Monday, a weekly observance aimed at keeping those who have stopped smoking on track — and encouraging those who haven’t quit to get on the bandwagon.
“Why Monday? It’s a fresh start — the January of every week. A day to refocus and recommit. To celebrate and quit again if you relapse,” say supporters of Stay Quit Monday in a news release.
Stay Quit Monday is part of The Healthy Monday Campaign sponsored by the Columbia University School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Syracuse University School of Public Communications. The campaign encourages Americans to use Monday to commit to other lifestyle changes besides smoking cessation, such as better diet and exercise.
More information is available at http://www.HealthyMonday.org.
How many of us have promised to go on a diet, start exercising or stop smoking on Monday? The Stay Quit Monday and Healthy Monday initiatives are promising ways, we believe, to help make those often-hollow promises into a reality.
That’s important to keep in mind for all of those who promised to quit smoking on Nov. 20 as part of the Great American Smokeout, a national campaign in which smokers are urged to give up their unhealthy habit.
Luckily, several universities have joined forces to launch Stay Quit Monday, a weekly observance aimed at keeping those who have stopped smoking on track — and encouraging those who haven’t quit to get on the bandwagon.
“Why Monday? It’s a fresh start — the January of every week. A day to refocus and recommit. To celebrate and quit again if you relapse,” say supporters of Stay Quit Monday in a news release.
Stay Quit Monday is part of The Healthy Monday Campaign sponsored by the Columbia University School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Syracuse University School of Public Communications. The campaign encourages Americans to use Monday to commit to other lifestyle changes besides smoking cessation, such as better diet and exercise.
More information is available at http://www.HealthyMonday.org.
How many of us have promised to go on a diet, start exercising or stop smoking on Monday? The Stay Quit Monday and Healthy Monday initiatives are promising ways, we believe, to help make those often-hollow promises into a reality.
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