ST. LOUIS – Thursday is the perfect opportunity for smokers to try to kick the habit – it’s the annual Great American Smokeout.

Each November, the American Cancer Society challenges smokers to give up cigarettes for 24 hours. They said that’s the first step in giving up cigarettes forever.


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Since it started in 1979, thousands of smokers have quit smoking for good.