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ocal THE BATTALION Page5 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1981 n oach Wilson leads Smokeout ... By SANDRA K. GARY Battalion Reporter Hie American Cancer Society iis chosen Texas A&M Head 'oach Tom Wilson to serve as the lonorary local chairman for the ircal American Smokeout [kirsthty. The Smokeout is a campaign ngingall smokers to stop smoking irone day. Wilson, a smoker for almost 15 ears, agreed to try to stop smok- sgduring the Smokeout. He said know smokes 1.5 to 2 packs of :igare.ttes a day and that he ®okes more during football sea- Robe Dtlano 1 rily 3d tional A hign been sib- ays for au to be used ['ice. igh School tain saysk iion, which 12,000, he- lishment is was nd :ees of the .mt Schoel nt John f untain svas thout fi 10. n, in i9'9, :)fcomniis- ompanylo -ating the •nt accuni- , Fountain use of the son than he does during the rest of the year. Don Moore, chairman of the Smokeout in the Bryan-College Station area, said Wilson was chosen to chair the Smokeout be cause smoking is usually associ ated with pressure and Wilson is in the public eye as a man under much pressure. “Smokers can identify with Tom Wilson,” Moore said. And, if Wilson can give up smoking for a day, there’s no reason any other smoker shouldn’t be able to do the same, Moore, a non-smoker, said. This is the fifth year that the Smokeout has been sponsored by the American Cancer Society as a nationwide campaign. Sammy Davis Jr. was the first national Smokeout chairman. He tried to quit smoking but couldn’t make it through the day. Ed Asner, the 1978 national chair man, quit smoking for the Smoke out that year and hasn’t smoked since. Facts distributed by the Amer ican Cancer Society say that over 52 million Americans smoke. Sur veys by the society indicate that nine out of 10 of those smokers would like to quit. Stop-smoking technique wins woman date with J.R. Paula Guest, of College Sta- I wrote a letter she hoped aid win her a trip for two to Bollywood and a dinner date with Actor Larry flagman of “Dallas. Guest’s letter, written in re- iponse to the American Cancer Society’s Quit-Smoking Letter Writing contest, won at the local md state level. Unfortunately tough, she lost at the national evcl. The contest is being held in (injunction with the Great Amer- can Smokeout. flagman, who is lie GAS chairman and an ex- mokeiyis helping with the con test, The winner in the contest is determined by presenting the lest idea on how to quit smoking. What I said in the letter about smoking,” Guest said, ‘was kind of like what 1 feel about king life in general. You’ve got to link positive and believe in vour- self.” Guest had expected the winner to be announced Thursday; lowevcr, a United Press Interna- story reports that the win- ticr is Janet MacAinsh of Howell, MacAinsh, a mother of six, was hooked on cigarettes for 26 years before she snapped her way to kicking the habit and won the con test. MacAinsh, 46, said Monday she successfully warded off the temp tation to light up time and time again by snapping her wrist with a rubber band. It became so worn out by the time she discovered she no longer needed to smoke there was not another knot that could have been tied to hold it together on her wrist. The University of Michigan em ployee said she had a premonition of her victory when she dreamed of bumping into actor Hagman the night before being told she was the winner. On Friday she learned she was a winner. MacAinsh said she has always believed people need something to strike their senses in order to get their attention. And since she was wearing a rubber band around her wrist when she decided to quit smoking in June, she decided to snap it each time she felt the urge gations trict attw- nal audita' ith the'®' /ith pi*® Female birds won't fall (or accents United Press International FORT COLLINS, Colo. — A scientist says most people don’t realize it, but birds have different dialects just like humans. And the e bird who wanders into fore- territory isn’t going to make much of an impression on the ies. Dr. Myron Charles Baker, an associate professor of zoology and entomology at Colorado State University, said Monday' his stu dies show birds from different geographic areas “speak in diffe rent dialects. Some birds take those differences so seriously that they won’t mate with a bird who sings the wrong song. “It’s like distinguishing be tween a Southern drawl and a Midwestern accident,” he said. Tfs like a human saying, ‘Man, that song really turns me on. 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MacAinsh continued wearing and snapping the rubber band, tying it back together when it broke. “My husband kept telling me to get a new rubber band, but I couldn’t do it,’ she said. “This was the rubber band I in tended to quit with, and finally when it couldn’t be knotted any more I discovered I was over the habit. The executive secretary of the dean of U M’s arts school included a sample “non-smoker rubber band with her entry for the letter writing contest. In the letter, she listed five principles for kicking the tobacco habit — don’t tell anyone you are quitting, use snaps with a rubber band to “rattle your brain, don’t look ahead, deposit savings in ajar and get support from nonsmokers. T didn t need expensive gim micks, hypnosis or drugs — I used intelligence will power and gamesmanship,” she said. “It works.’’ By SANDRA K. GARY Battalion Reporter The American Cancer Society offers the following tips for partici pants in Thursday’s Great Amer ican Smokeout: 1. Don’t carry a lighter or matches and hide all ashtrays. 2. When the urge to smoke hits, take a deep breath. Hold it for 10 seconds, then release it slowly. Taking deep, rhythmic breaths is similar to smoking but allows one to inhale clean air in stead of poisonous gases. 3. Spend your day in places where smoking is prohibited — a library, theater or museum. 4. Eat rather than smoke, but stick to low-calorie, high-nutrition foods — fresh fruit, raisins or crisp vegetables. Other possible paci fiers include lemon drops, sugar less gum, cloves, beef jerky and unbuttered popcorn. 5. Exercise helps relieve ten sion. Climb stairs rather than take the elevator, get off the bus a stop before your destination and walk. 6. Drink plenty of liquids. Wa ter, herbal teas, fruit juices and some soft drinks all fit the bill. Pass up coffee, tea, caffeinated soft drinks and alcohol as these drinks can increase the urge to smoke. 7. Keep your hands occupied. Try doodling or working with a calculator (figure out the money you’ll save by quitting cigarettes). 8. Break the habits that involve smoking. If you always had a cigarette on your office break, opt for a low-calorie snack and juice or tea instead. 9. Wrap your cigarettes in a sheet of paper, then put a rubber band around the package. If you must reach for a cigarette, you’ll have more difficulty getting to one and will be made aware of your action. 10. Tell your family and friends that you are going to stop smok ing. Ask them to help keep you from backsliding and ask them not in the absence of smoking will to smoke when you are with them, help you realize that you don t 11. Indulge yourself. Enjoying need a cigarette to have a good a leisurely bath, a massage or a nap time. (’oiii’icsi S6BRING... For the cut that Polls into place naturallQ. full salon service Por men ond women 6q certiPied Sebring designers — 846-2924 Open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mon.-Sat. Next to the Ramada Inn, CS. 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