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• Thursday brings a reason to quit smoking 

there is no better day to try than Nov. 15, the date of the 31st annual Great American Smokeout.

About 23 percent of active-duty personnel at Yokota use tobacco products, said Maj. PeggyAnn Cain, the flight commander for Health Promotion at Yokota, adding that about one in four airmen use tobacco Air Force-wide. . . .

This year, Yokota’s Health and Wellness Center sent out information to base units about the Smokeout and what they can do to help their personnel kick the habit. Other Air Force bases, as well as military installations worldwide, are conducting similar programs, she said.

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