Try quitting – even if it is just for a day

Make Nov. 17, 2011, your day to remember! Join The Great American Smokeout, a registered trademark of the American Cancer Society.

Tobacco is the main cause of preventable disease and death in Washington state. This remains to be the case even though there have been significant gains in reducing tobacco use and exposure since the Washington State Department of Health started the Tobacco Prevention and Control Program nearly 10 years ago.

While adult smoking has declined by 30 percent about 760,000 Washingtonians still smoke.

So far youth smoking has dropped by 50 percent, but 70,000 of our you...