To help smokers develop strategies to quit smoking, Mount Clemens Regional Medical Center’s Ted B. Wahby Cancer Center is offering a free four-session smoking cessation program at 1 p.m. on Nov. 12, 17, 19 and 24.

The classes will be held in the Conference Room at the Ted B. Wahby Cancer Center, 1080 Harrington Blvd., Mount Clemens (located behind the hospital on the north side of the campus). Participants are asked to attend all four sessions. To register, call Leah McLean (586) 493-7506.

With the American Cancer Society’s Great American Smokeout® scheduled on Nov. 19, the smoking cessation program offers a great opportunity for smokers to commit to quitting. Held every third Thursday of November, the event encourages people to stop using tobacco.

Statistics show that cigarette smoking is the leading preventable cause of death. In the United States, cigarette smoking is responsible for approximately one in five deaths annually.

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