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Smokers Encouraged To Quit On 'Great American Smoke-out' Day

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Since 1977, the American Cancer Society has deemed the third Thursday in November to be the Great American Smoke–out.

This Thursday, smokers are urged to determine the best way for them to quit. There are many tools that smokers can use to help kick the habit, but recent information suggests that less than one in three smokers have tried recommended therapies when they last tried to quit. "It causes lung diseases it causes wrinkles in your face you know it's expensive it makes your teeth smell bad and look yellow it's time to quit to never start."

Minnesota has been active in anti–smoking campaigns for years. In 1974, Lynn R. Smith from the Monticello Times pushed D–Day, Don't Smoke Day.