Giant cigarettes and chewing tobacco pouches walked the lobby of Wadley Regional Medical Center Thursday, warning about smoking and tobacco use dangers as part of the Great American Smokeout.

The cigarette and tobacco pouch costumes were worn by members of Teens for the BEAT (Breathe Easy Ark-La-Tex Tobacco) Coalition.

These young people are serious about their mission to eradicate tobacco use.

“We realize that tobacco is the weapon of mass destruction in this world,” said Shawn Burns, an 18-year-old Arkansas High School student. “The facts are all there and...

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