Kick Butts: The Great America Smokeout

If you smoke, the American Cancer Society can help you quit. And people who plan a quit attempt in advance double their odds of succeeding. Why not give up cigarettes for the day -- and maybe forever -- on Thursday, November 17, during the 29th annual Great American Smokeout?

If a friend smokes, here are some important dos and don’ts to help them quit.

Learn more about Tobacco and Cancer

Tobacco use kills 440,000 Americans each year, causing nearly one-third of all cancer deaths, and $157 billion dollars in direct health care spending and lost productivity.

Help us fight against the toll tobacco takes on our nation. Tell your story, and ask others to join in the fight to make sure no American is left behind in the fight against cancer

Send a letter to elected officials.

More than 4,000 advocates from every single legislative district in the nation will lobby Congress about issues that matter to cancer survivors and their families at Celebration on the Hill 2006. Celebration on the Hill Community Ambassadors will gather in Washington , DC on Sept. 19 – 20, 2006 to show our country's lawmakers how the American Cancer Society is waging the fight against cancer in communities nationwide.

Organized by the American Cancer Society's sister issue advocacy organization, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network SM, Ambassadors will meet with their members of Congress and let them know that fighting cancer is a priority to their constituents back home.

Relay For Life participants and cancer survivors from across the nation have a story to tell, and are needed in Washington, D.C. next year to make sure elected officials know that cancer is an issue that impacts votes.

Read how one survivor made a decision to become an ambassador or learn how to become an ambassador yourself.

Make it personal, and join the Fight

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