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Support Can Make All the Difference
when you're trying to quit smoking
This article is 9 years old. It was published on November 1, 2016.
The Great American Smokeout will take place on Thursday, November 17, 2016. Every year, on the third Thursday of November, smokers across the nation take part in the American Cancer Society Great American Smokeout event.
Do you want to stop smoking? Consider joining others across the nation to quit smoking that day. By quitting -- even for 1 day -- you'll be taking an important step toward a healthier life and reducing your cancer risk.
According to the American Cancer Society, about 40 million Americans still smoke cigarettes, an tobacco use remains the single largest preventable cause of disease and premature death in the world. While cigarette smoking rates have dropped (from 42% in 1965 to 17% in 2014) cigar, pipe, and hookah - other dangerous and addictive ways to smoke tobacco - are very much on the rise.
Quitting smoking has immediate and long-term benefits at any age. Quitting is hard, but it can be done.
For more information, visit the website: www.cancer.org.
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