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High smoking rate found among healthcare support workers

March 25, 2016

Workers in support occupations in the healthcare and social assistance sector are significantly more likely to smoke cigarettes than are workers in all other occupations in that sector, according to a recent study by investigators at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).

CDC’s hard-hitting anti-smoking campaign is back

Emotional messages, real life stories

April 3, 2013

Last year’s national education ad campaign, "Tips from Former Smokers," was so successful that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has launched a new series of ads along the same lines.

Risk of lung cancer death among women rises dramatically

“If women smoke like men, they will die like men”

February 18, 2013

Female smokers have a much greater risk of death from lung cancer and chronic obstructive lung disease (COLD) in recent years than did female smokers 20 or 40 years ago, reflecting changes in smoking behavior according to a Special Article published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).

Smoking cessation PSAs wildly successful, says CDC

Landmark ad campaign yields almost 200,000 more calls to state quitlines after 12 weeks

June 20, 2012

The "Tips From Former Smokers" national ad campaign has generated almost 200,000 additional calls to 1-800-QUIT-NOW, a portal that links callers to their state quitlines, and more than 400,000 additional unique visitors to www.smokefree.gov, a federal website designed to help people quit smoking, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced recently.

TV PSAs prompt huge increase in calls to CDC smoking quitline

April 5, 2012

Two weeks after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launched the Tips from Former Smokers campaign, calls to the 1-800-QUIT-NOW quitline have more than doubled.

Study: Many smokers who want to quit don't use available treatment, services

November 11, 2011

Most American adults who smoke wish they could quit and more than half have tried within the past year -- but most still don't use available treatments that could help them, says a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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High smoking rate found among healthcare support workers

CDC’s hard-hitting anti-smoking campaign is back

Risk of lung cancer death among women rises dramatically

Smoking cessation PSAs wildly successful, says CDC

TV PSAs prompt huge increase in calls to CDC smoking quitline

Study: Many smokers who want to quit don't use available treatment, services

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