Great American Smokeout Tarihi

​June 22, 2009

​The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act.

This new law placed specific restrictions on marketing tobacco products to children.

​1983

A limit on smoking in the workplace

San Francisco was the first city to pass restrictions banning smoking in private workplaces.

​November 16, 1977

​The Great American Smokeout was born

San Francisco held the first Great American Smokeout. From here, many other cities followed suit and the day became more widely celebrated.

1970s

Attitudes toward smoking changed​

​Throughout the '70s, people began to think about smoking differently as the negative effects became more widely known. People also started movements encouraging others to quit.