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Smoking Warrior Care Month—
Cessation Month Show of Strength

Is your life going up in smoke? Do you depend on tobacco? According to the health.mil
Centers for Disease Control, tobacco use can lead to tobacco/nicotine depen-
dence, a condition that often requires repeated treatments, and other serious 7KH PLVVLRQ RI WKH 2I¿FH RI :DUULRU
health problems. There are helpful treatments and resources to help you quit Care Policy (WCP) is to proactively sup-
smoking, which greatly reduces the risk of developing smoking-related dis- port wounded, ill, and injured service
eases. Smokers can and do quit. In fact, today there are more former smokers members in their recovery and reintegra-
than current smokers. If you want to learn more about tobacco use and how to tion or transition to civilian life.
quit, visit cdc.gov and search for “tobacco cessation.”
On November 5, 2008, then Secretary
of Defense Robert F. Gates established
November as Warrior Care Month. He
said Warrior Care Month is a, “DOD-wide
effort aimed at increasing awareness
of programs and resources available to
wounded, ill, and injured service mem-
bers, their families, and those who care
about them.”

This month, the Military Health Sys-
tem highlights programs, services and
resources available to wounded, ill and

injured service members, their families
and caregivers.

A Healing Place

We are a community striving to grow into the full stature of Christ
through Word, Sacrament, Health, Outreach, Study and Hospitality.

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951-924-6760

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