NATIONAL SMOKE OUT WEEK
SOUTH FLORIDA NOVEMBER 20, 2008
JUPITER, Fla., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- From November 15 -17, Miss
America 2008 Kirsten Haglund will be in the Sunshine State to promote
National Smoke Out Day, November 20, and to promote her new cause of
helping Americans get healthier and kick the smoking habit.
-- MISS AMERICA 2008 KIRSTEN HAGLUND, WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR TELEVISION AND
NEWSPAPER INTERVIEWS FROM NOVEMBER 15-17 TO PROMOTE SAVING LIVES, AND
URGING SMOKERS TO QUIT THE HABIT, AS SHE TRAVELS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ON
HER NATIONAL TOUR AND PRESENTS THE STATS ON THE SMOKING EPIDEMIC
SPREADING ACROSS AMERICA.
-- 1 in 5 American's will die from smoking related illness.
-- The savings for an average smoker of 1 pack per day is over $1000.00 per
year if they quit!
-- As part of her year of service, Miss America travels 20,000 miles per
month across the country. By raising awareness of the dangers of
smoking, and presenting all of the smoking cessation products available
to help people stop smoking, Haglund's goal is to help save
people's lives.
-- Miss America will be appearing this fall in a national TV documentary,
praising the town of Ecru, Mississippi, the first town in America to
take the Zerosmoke(TM) Smoke Free Challenge.
The Miss America Organization is one of the nation's leading achievement programs, and the world's largest provider of scholarship assistance for young women. Last year, the Miss America Organization and its state and local organizations made available more than $45 million in cash and scholarship assistance.
For more information, visit http://www.missamerica.org.
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