This Thursday (Nov. 19) marks the annual Great American Smokeout, promoted by the American Cancer Society as a challenge to the nation’s 46 million smokers to give up the habit for 24 hours.
Although many employers, restaurants and other facilities have taken a hard line against smokers in the 32 years since the Smokeout’s inception in 1977, smoking continues its horrifying reign as the leading cause of preventable death in the United States.