(SAN JOSE, Calif.) – If you smoke, get ready to quit, says the American Cancer Society.

Thursday marks the 30th annual Great American Smokeout, a day sponsored nationally by the American Cancer Society that encourages smokers to quit for one day.

At San Jose State University on Tuesday, volunteers from the Peer Health Center and the club Colleges Against Cancer, got a jump-start on the Thursday event, setting up a table in front of the Student Union with colorful posters, stop-smoking information pamphlets, a petition to create a smoke-free campus, and a spin-the-wheel trivia game with prizes.

“The purpose is to promote awareness about smoking,” said Gina Vitter, a graduate student in public health and a Peer Health Center volunteer.

A student who stepped up to the table could spin the game wheel, which would stop on a number from one to 10. The student would be asked a corresponding trivia question, such as, “What percentage of adults 18 years and older do not smoke?” They could choose one of three answers, in this case 65 percent, 76 percent or 33 percent.

The prizes ranged from a Frisbee to a plastic water bottle filled with stop-smoking resources such as gum, a stress ball, a Chinese finger trap, rubber bands, toothpicks, straws, candy and anti-smoking pamphlets.

“Instead of smoking you could suck on some candy,” Vitter said.

Although mass numbers of students were not swarming to the table, those that did stop by were quick to sign the petition and the poster, play the game and pick up the prizes.

Chris Nelson, a freshman majoring in business administration, said he stopped at the table to pick up some anti-smoking resources

Nelson said he began smoking when he was 12, and has been smoking “on and off” for six years. He said he began smoking because it “was a cool thing to do, I guess.”

Nelson said he has tried to quit smoking about six times in the past.

“I make it about six months each time,” he said.

He said he would like to quit smoking for good, and he appreciated the information, the gum and stress ball he picked up at the table.

The volunteers also encouraged students to sign a petition for a smoke-free campus and sign a poster that stated, “Thank you for not smoking.”