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Smokers can swap cigarettes for lunch during Smokeout 

Going cold turkey has new meaning.

Thursday is the 34th annual Great American Smokeout Challenge, which challenges smokers to go a day without tobacco and perhaps quit the habit altogether. Schools, businesses and health advocacy groups across the country have planned activities hoping to make the day as smoke free as possible.

Hillsborough County's Tobacco Free Partnership and local Honey Baked Ham Co. stores are challenging local residents to turn in their cigarettes in exchange for a coupon good for a "cold turkey" sandwich. They'll also get a survival kit with smoking cessation educational information.

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