Smoking is the most preventable cause of death in our society.
Tobacco use is responsible for nearly one in five deaths in the United States. According to the American Cancer Society, many college age students have smoked for years because they started as teenagers. In 1988, an estimated 700,000 people under the age of 18 years became daily smokers. This figure has increased to an estimated 1.2 million people in 1996. Many smokers would like to quit, but creating and implementing a plan is extremely difficult.