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Stop-smoking efforts among nation's best 

Randy Myers can offer a testimonial to the smoking cessation program at Bucyrus Community Hospital.

So, he agrees with The Joint Commission, which chose the program as one of the 10 best in the nation.

"I smoked for 40 years and was able to quit two years ago because of the help I received from this program," Myers said. "The team came to General Mills, where I worked, and offered the classes and aides.

"I used the nicotine patches and lozenges that were given to me through the program, but the support I received from them was amazing and very helpful."

The program spurred the facility to become the first tobacco-free hospital campus in Ohio on June 17, 2004.

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