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Twenty-five
percent of high school students still smoke. Of those, 63% consider
themselves addicted to tobacco. Many of these students have thought about
quitting or have actually tired to quit. The
E.N.D. (Ending Nicotine Dependence)
program has been designed for those teenage tobacco users who want to
quit and want support. Student Services Coordinator Traci Wojciechowski
leads a group at the Durfee High School Student Services Center twice a
week on school grounds. The END Program is provided by the
Caron Foundation, a non-profit
organization that has worked with over 170 schools in the Mid-Atlantic and
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(Above) Student Services Coordinator Traci Wojciechowski demonstrates a device that captures the tar in a typical cigarette to show students exactly what is happening in their lungs each time they smoke.
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