FDA CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION - Why is the Great American Smokeout Important?
SILVER SPRING, Md., Nov. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Despite all the publicity about the dangers of smoking, many Americans haven't given up their cigarettes. And thousands of kids start smoking every day.
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The American Cancer Society's Great American Smokeout on Nov. 17, 2011 is an attempt to change those two realities. The society is asking smokers to use that day to make a plan to quit. Or even to quit smoking just on that day.
"The main message for tobacco users is this: It's never too late to quit," says Corinne Husten, M.D., MPH, a senior medical advisor at FDA's Center for Tobacco Products.
Learn more about the resources available to smokers who want to quit at
http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm280147.htm
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