“Menthol is an ingredient that’s added by the tobacco industry that makes it easier to start and harder to quit,” said Kristy Marynak, health science advisor for the CDC’s Office on ...

For more than a decade the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) "Tips Campaign" has helped millions of U.S. adults quit smoking by sharing stories from real people. Diane Beistle with ...

The CDC estimates that in the first five years of the campaign alone, an estimated 1 million Americans quit smoking, preventing 129,100 premature deaths. Amid the 10,000 job cuts so far this ...

said a CDC employee fired this week from the agency’s Office on Smoking and Health. “Tobacco use rates will increase among youth and fewer adults will quit. Because of that, people will die.” ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), smoking accounts for up to 8 out of 10 COPD-related deaths. If you have COPD and you smoke, quitting smoking will benefit your ...

There's no one way to quit smoking, but to quit, you must be ready both emotionally and mentally. You must also want to quit smoking for yourself, not to please your friends or family. It helps to ...

The U.S. government has shut down or paused several major anti-smoking ... 1-800-QUIT-NOW, the national quit line, connects callers to state programs. Now, with the CDC's tobacco office staff ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A recent report from the Center of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows five different ways to quit smoking with medication assistance. These ways can help set up a ...

Brenna VanFrank, MD, from the CDC in ... cigarette smoking cessation indicators among US adults The researchers found that 67.7% of the 28.8 million US adults who smoked wanted to quit in 2022 ...