"[2] Spitzer began presenting smoking prevention seminars at the age of 14 in 1971 as a volunteer speaker for the American Cancer Society (ACS).

[3] At his lectures, perhaps a hundred people would listen and not speak to him, but the medical center gave him a feeling of purpose.

[6] Since 1972, Spitzer has conducted more than 350 six-session stop smoking clinics to over 4,500 participants, and 690 one-session seminars to approximately 100,000 people.

[3] Spitzer wrote more than 100 stop smoking articles for his clinic graduates; in 2000, he began to share them with sites on the Internet.

[3] John R. Polito, who founded WhyQuit.com in 1999 and is the site's editor, said, "I've yet to locate anyone who has presented more quitting programs than Joel.