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Published on: 3/27/2007
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As a result of the contacts established by the Indiana Conference health ministries director and Anderson Church members, Ron Kelly, Cicero Church senior pastor, was invited by Cecilia Williams, a member of the ITPC advisory board, to serve on a panel of four at a breakout session at the event.
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Ron said, "I was very proud to be able to tell all these people that in 1959, five years before the United States surgeon general would declare that smoking might be a risk to your health, a Seventh-day Adventist physician (J. Wayne McFarland) and clergyman (Elman J. Folkenberg) initiated practical and very popular smoking cessation programs."A question and answer time followed the panelists' presentations.Since Ron was the only panelist who represented a faith-based smoking cessation program, he was granted time to share the history of the Seventh-day Adventist smoking cessation programs, their philosophical underpinnings, and the practical behavior modification methods incorporated.He said, "I had several good conversations with people from the audience following the panel discussion."In other workshops, presenters provided information about smoke-free workplace ordinances, as well as smoke-free Sabbath programs, youth prevention, and other smoking cessation programs.Ron said, "It was a very positive experience and allowed me to interact with community leaders.