The Nation - News from Nov. 22, 1985
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Smokers in California watched the dancing Cancerettes, in New York’s Harlem they attended a “cold turkey” rally, and even the villainous J. R. Ewing of “Dallas” helped a smoker try to kick the habit during the ninth annual Great American Smokeout. The goal of the American Cancer Society, which sponsored the nationwide anti-smoking day, was to get one in five of the nation’s 55 million smokers to quit for at least 24 hours. A preliminary survey showed that more than one in three smokers made the attempt.
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