December 3, 2019 Issue, Page 8 of 10

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Page 8 The Elk City News, Elk City, Oklahoma Tuesday, December 3, 2019 SWOSU-Sayre holds Webb also presented a staff. ners were Lauren Shelton program about how medi- During lunch, two $2,000 and DeAnne Bell, both of cal marijuana affects stu- SWOSU-Sayre — scholar- Elk City High School. ships were awarded to two Celebrating You! event dents, communities and Event attendees came from the state, the release stat- of the high school counsel- Arapaho-Butler, Burns ed. ors who were present. The Flat-Dill City, Cheyenne, Attendees enjoyed a com- scholarships are to be Elk City, Hinton, Merritt, Lauren Shelton. left, plimentary lunch with the given to a senior at each Sentinel and Sweetwater and DeAnne Bell SWOSU-Sayre faculty and counselor’s school. Win- schools, the release stated. received scholar- Elk City native receives ships for Elk City High School students at the Celebrating OSU senior honor You! event. Shelton and Bell are ECHS counselors. Submitted photo-SWOSU. has been selected as an and service to campus and Oklahoma State Universi- community and have ty Senior of Significance brought distinction to for the 2019-2020 aca- OSU, the release stated. demic year by the OSU A public reception to rec- Alumni Association, ognize Bruner and the according to an OSU other 40 Seniors of Sig- release. nificance Award winners Bruner was president of a was held Nov. 19 at the National Panhellenic ConocoPhillips OSU Women’s Fraternity and a Alumni Center in Stillwa- Southwestern Oklahoma sions, lunch and scholar- pus, and what their cam- College of Human Scienc- es ambassador. She was a ter. State University-Sayre ship giveaways, according puses’ students need to showed its appreciation to to a SWOSU release. know about concurrent member of the Blue Key For more information Honor Society and has about the OSU Alumni area high schools by host- Principals and counselors enrollment as well as Association’s student Bruner studied abroad in Italy. ing a recent Celebrating from eight area high SWOSU enrollment after The Seniors of Signifi- awards program, visit YOU! event in for high schools attended the event graduation. STILLWATER- Bailey cance Award recognizes http://ORANGECON- school officials that fea- to learn more about Attorneys Molly Priest, Bruner, a nutritional sci- students who have excelled NECTION .org/studenta- tured informational ses- SWOSU, the Sayre cam- Brian Henderson and Gina ences major from Elk City, in scholarship, leadership wards. Oklahoma Tobacco Helpline ranks high in user satisfaction, exceeds benchmark quit rate 1-800-QUIT-NOW Offers. not using tobacco for one (77%) of registrants of registrants with Helpline found at TSET.ok.gov. with the Oklahoma State Free Services to Oklaho- month or longer, exceed- received nicotine replace- were female. Connect with the Helpline Department of Health, mans ing the North American ment therapy from the Quit Coaches are available through social media by Oklahoma Health Care OKLAHOMA CITY (Nov. Quitline Consortium Helpline. 24/7 through the Helpline liking the Oklahoma Authority, and the Centers 26, 2019) — The annual benchmark for quit rates More than half (52.5%) of to create customized Quit Tobacco Helpline on Face- for Disease Control and evaluation report of the of 30%. tobacco users registering Plans for registrants. Free book or following @ Prevention. The Oklahoma Oklahoma Tobacco “The annual report exam- for services reported hav- FDA-approved _ nicotine OKhelpline on Twitter and Tobacco Helpline has Helpline (OTH) showed ines who is using the ing at least one mental replacement therapy and Instagram. served nearly 400,000 that Helpline users are Helpline, how they hear health or substance abuse online and text support are The Oklahoma Tobacco Oklahomans since 2003 overwhelmingly satisfied about our services and the disorder. Seventy percent available. Call 1-800- Helpline is a free service and has been ranked with services and the success of users in their of those reported having QUIT NOW (1-800-784- for Oklahomans who want among the top quitlines Helpline exceeded the journey toward being depression. 8669) or visit OKhelpline. to quit tobacco. Funding is for reaching tobacco users benchmark quit rate tobacco-free,” Bisbee More than half (55.3%) of com to explore all the free primarily provided by the seeking treatment for the among other states with registrants had incomes of services and resources Oklahoma Tobacco Settle- last ten years by the North said. “These metrics show tobacco helplines. us the success of the pro- less than $20,000 in FY 19. available to Oklahomans. ment Endowment Trust American Quitline Con- The Oklahoma Tobacco gram and areas to enhance Almost two-thirds (61.7%) The full report can be (TSET), in partnership sortium. Helpline (1-800-QUIT- to better reach specific NOW) is funded by the groups of Oklahomans Oklahoma Tobacco Settle- who smoke at a higher ment Endowment Trust rate, and unfortunately (TSET) and provides free have higher rates of dis- tools and support to quit ease and death.” LETTERS tobacco use. Services are available 24/7 and include Director Dr. Jon Hart phone, web coaching, free noted that the report illus- text and email support. TO SANTA trated the difference that Registered callers can also the Helpline is making in receive free nicotine gum, Oklahomans’ lives. patches and lozenges. The report found that “The results of this year’s 30,046 tobacco users reg- annual report provided us istered for services from with an opportunity for the Oklahoma Tobacco gratitude this holiday sea- Helpline between July 1, son, as we reflect on the 2018 and June 30, 2019. positive impact the OTH Across all Helpline regis- had on the lives of Okla- trants, 94.9% reported homans,” Dr. Hart said. overall satisfaction ratings “The results serve as both of ‘very,’ ‘mostly,’ or encouragement and a ‘somewhat’ satisfied with sobering challenge to con- Helpline services, with tinue to improve our reach only 4.4% ‘not at all’ sat- and effectiveness with isfied. individuals across the state “The Oklahoma Tobacco who are thinking about Helpline is one of the top quitting and needing sup- quitlines in the country, port.” and we’re proud of users’ satisfaction with the ser- Other key findings from vice and their success in the report include: breaking tobacco addic- tion,” said TSET Execu- TV ads were the most fre- tive Director Julie Bisbee. quently cited (34%) way “The Helpline has contin- that registrants heard ued to evolve to meet about the Helpline. users’ needs, such as add- Use of e-cigarettes or vap- ing text and internet sup- ing products in the past 30 port. That innovation has days by Helpline partici- contributed to the pants seeking services Helpline’s longstanding increased by 30% com- success.” pared to fiscal year 2017. The number of Helpline Tobacco users from all 77 registrants during state fis- Oklahoma counties con- eal year 2019 was similar tacted the Helpline for ser- to the same time period in vices in FY19. Of tobacco Send in your Santa Letters to 109 West Broadway, Elk City, OK 73644 or email us at [email protected], please include name, age and contact information. 2018, and represents 3.3% users registering for ser- of all tobacco users in the vices, 17% came from state. Oklahoma County and Letters may be published in our upcoming Hometown Tidings special on During a seven-month another 15% came from follow-up survey, 31.5% Tulsa County. December 20th. Each Santa letter will be entered into a drawing for a of those surveyed reported More than three-quarters free ham provided by United Supermarket of Elk City.