European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 21, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes thursday november 21, 19b5page at i give it up for great american smoke out serv remembers encouraged of drop putting or i Day of least  offi Ollil Uhlberg vials in Europe arc hoping duly soldiers will Lake part in the american smoke out today sponsored by the american cancer Sci cry. Thai figure represents about 10 percent of Europe s estimated 100,000 Active duty army members said capt. Leslie Brous scan. Health fitness consultant for the 7th medical come. Many american hospitals in Europe Are sponsoring fitness programs and information campaigns to help those who want to quit Brousseau said. Programs include special denial appointments for those who want to Sec what White Teeth look like which is something the cancer society suggests in its quit smoking plans several exchanges will have Booths with doctors and nurses " Viding health information. Some and dispensaries Are provide a wow up service for those who Mak Jeff rough Chesmo Krout Day. Cold Turkey Lua specials at Hospital dining facile lick and amnesty bins where you can Tam Jur useless cigarettes will also  the army is asking non smokers Andux smokers to adopt a smoker and help him or her through the Day. Non smoking participants can pick up adopt a smoker certificates at Many hospitals and i spin pics. Brousseau said Shell try to Asti the number of people who participate off amok Coli by the number of people distribute. A spokeswoma1rm�afe said  forces in Europe i Mand wide program to Enco Uto give up smokes for the Day programs will be held at local a spokesman for hour to Londo said that he was t and Elyot any theater wide Navy  for thursday but that local Pray commands had been of participate. The Navy Hasi Lishco a special Telephone num to Washington d.c., which people interested in kicking the habit can Call for advice and encouragement the spokesman said. Two things differentiate this year army Campaign from previous campaigns Brousseau said. One is that the emphasis this year is on giving up tobacco in All its forms and not just cigarettes. A lot of pop arc using a lot of other forms of tobacco she said. The second change in the i9h5 smoke out is that health officials have made women the Large of much of the Campaign s literature. The trend is that  Are smoking Brous Schuj pfc re really starting to 5eelgjpwns. Fur the first Lime week Wing cancer 10 surpass e leading cause of death Oman this  Trousseau said statistics show men have had better Luck kicking the habit than n. A recent Gallup poll showed that or cent of men were smokers an or cent said they had Given up smoking recent age of women smoking was 28 be wac but Only 11 per cent said they had quit. In february a coalition of groups in Washington charged defense department was t doing enough to fight smoking. The coalition cited de sense department data that indicated 53.3percent of men and 51.7 percent of women in the military smoke. That s about 20percent greater than men and women in the nation As a whole a coalition spokes Man said. In mid-1983 a military health policy conference of smoking recommend " Secretary of do health affairs. Or. William or. They recommended that the Price of cigarettes in exchanges and commissaries be raised and that cigarette vending machines be banned from bases. Mayer said that trying an outright ban on cigarettes on military bases would be unrealistic since cigarettes would be available of Post. But making cigarettes no bargain makes some sense Mayer said. Let s have a bigger profit margin that does no encourage  defense statistics it cigarette prices in the military stores6 to 42 percent below those in nearby civilian grocery stores. The coalition cited studies that concluded that in 1982 about 21 percent of High school seniors in America Laid the eyed. Department data show that More thana Gracent of military personnel 19 years old or