SCRUBS - Great American Smokeout

The annual GREAT AMERICAN SMOKEOUT is a day set aside to help promote living tobacco-free, even if it is just for one day. If you can make it through one day without a cigarette, then maybe it is the start of the day that you quit smoking forever.

This month, School Health Services has promoted the importance of living tobacco-free. Our OCHS SCRUBS Officers (Students Creating Respect Using Better Solutions) are featured on posters sponsored by the Green River District Health Department, that are located in several places throughout our community encouraging teens to "Be The Majority" stating the fact that 74% of teens in our community do not smoke.

On Tuesday of this week, various members of SCRUBS spent a portion of their lunch time to encourage their OCHS classmates to pledge to live tobacco free or to support someone to “Go Cold Turkey.”

Today, students at the OCS Elementary K-3 Campus, OCS Elementary 4-6 Campus, & OCMS will receive stickers &/or pencils donated by the GRDHD reinforcing the good choice to live tobacco-free.

Our OCHS SCRUBS students also were active in a campaign encouraging others to "Go Cold Turkey." This was to encouraging participation in the Great American Smokeout by asking participants to try to not smoke on November 19 and beyond, "to take it outside" to minimize exposure of 2nd hand smoke to others, & to not smoke around children. Non-smokers were asked to continue to live smoke-free &/or to support a loved one who smokes to “Go Cold Turkey” on November 19. This event hosted by our SCRUBS students was made possible by the local individuals and businesses who sponsored this event, allowing the SCRUBS students to place Go Cold Turkey information and raffle containers at their business &/or sponsored a frozen turkey to be given away to raffle winners of those who pledged to “Go Cold Turkey” & participate in the Great American Smokeout on November 19. Many thanks to our sponsors:

Green River District Health Department
Darrin’s Cleaners
Mayfair Pharmacy
OMHS HealthPark
Dr. Danhaeur with Owensboro Pediatrics
Owensboro Catholic Schools
Ninki Japanese Restaurant
Mills Drug Store
Waffle House
Sherwin Williams -both locations
IGA Grocery Store-Scherm Road location)
Little Caesar’s Pizza-Frederica Street location
Dr. Glaser with Ohio Valley Surgical Specialists

The SCRUBS officers were part of the morning show on WBKR to draw for the free turkeys.