ACS challenges people to quit smoking

(WWLP) - Thursday is the Great American Smoke Out – a challenge to people to stop using tobacco and to clear the air of second hand smoke.

22News spoke to Arlela Bethel from the American Cancer Society about this annual event.

For more information, check out the American Cancer Society website. For free help on how to quit smoking, talk to a specialist on the Quit Line at 1-800-ACS-2345.