Andrew Germano started smoking when he got kicked out of the house at age 18. “I guess you could say it gave me something to hold on to,” said the Grass Valley 20-year-old. “About 90 percent of my friends smoke and my parents smoked. For me, all the warnings about smoking never seemed to outweigh the fact that everyone around me was doing it.” Germano could not have done a better job at encapsulating the nation’s predicament when it comes to tobacco prevention efforts. The American Cancer Society is marking the 37th Great American Smokeout Thursday by encouraging smokers to …