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Health experts have warned for many years that cigarette smoking can lead to heart disease, cancer and other medical problems.Officials say diseases directly by smoking kill at least three hundred and twenty thousand Americans each year.But smokers still find it rather difficult to stop.The tobacco industry says 40 million Americans continue to smoke cigarettes.The American Cancer Society wants to change this.Every year the group organizes a national Non-smoking Day in order to get people to give up cigarettes.
On the Non-smoking Day the organization will ask all smokers to stop smoking for at least 24 hours.The American Cancer Society hopes this will lead many people to give up smoking completely.On that day the American Cancer Society officers will give telephone call advice on how to stop smoking.Smokers can also call a special telephone to hear recorded messages by doctors.Some businesses will offer their workers candy or chewing gum to help them to keep from smoking.Some companies will offer special gifts and lower prizes to people who sign an agreement to stop smoking.And Americans who don’t smoke will be asked to help just one person who is smoking during the 24-hour campaign.
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