I always found it interesting that the date of the “Great American Smokeout” comes right before the holidays. Doesn’t everyone know that the holidays are stressful and that stress makes it more difficult to quit smoking?

I often made resolutions to myself that “this year I will join the quitters and be free of cigarettes in time for the holidays!” But each year my resolve would evaporate with the first whiff of a hot toddy. Back I would slide and then I would figure, “I might as...