THE 34TH GREAT AMERICAN SMOKEOUT

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Tomorrow (November 19) is the American Cancer Society's 34th annual Great American Smokeout

In the U.S. alone:

  Tobacco use remains the single largest preventable cause of disease and premature death in the U.S.

  Cigarette smoking accounts for about 443,000 premature deaths -- including 49,400 in nonsmokers.

  Thirty percent of cancer deaths, including 87 percent of lung cancer deaths, can be attributed to tobacco.

  Smoking accounts for $193 billion in health care expenditures and productivity losses.

Good luck to you if it will be the day you try to stop for good!!