In 1992, only 13 percent of UNH students regularly smoked. Earlier in the week, a forum on WUNH discussed the evolving culture of smoking. Soon after they first try smoking, addiction sets in, she said. Several UNH smokers were questioned to see why they smoke and to gauge what kind of impact the Great American Smokeout actually has. The Great American Smokeout gets me thinking.
Some students find easier motivation to quit.
Junior Rick Derris said he didn't know why he smokes. I guess it's a social thing, but the Smokeout makes me realize how stupid I'm actually being. Not all students viewed the quitting holiday so positively. I have to make up for all the people who can't smoke on that day. The health educators said they don't expect everyone to openly accept to the Smokeout.