The Great American Smokeout Health Expo at Wadley Regional Medical Center focused on ways people can improve their health, especially by quitting smoking.

“This is for public awareness. We’re celebrating our second Smokeout event,” said Delois Curry, Wadley’s patient and family coordinator. “The goal is to encourage people not to smoke and to focus on education about smoke-related illness.”

Cigarette smoking accounts for 30 percent of all cancer deaths and women who smoke are 20 times more likely to develop lung cancer than nonsmokers, according to one poster displayed ...

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