Step away from that cigarette.

The Great American Smokeout is Nov. 16. Sponsored by the American Cancer Society, the event is an opportunity for smokers to go 24 hours without a cigarette. Because if you can go 24 hours, then maybe you can go 48 or even 72 hours without a smoke. Keep adding smoke-free days to your streak, and before you know it, you’ve gone a month. They say it takes 30 days to form a habit. Going smoke-free could be your new habit, or as we say in healthcare (so we can charge you for it), your lifestyle modification.