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African Americans and Tobacco
African Americans continue to suffer disproportionately from chronic and preventable disease compared with white Americans. Of the three leading causes of death in African Americans — heart disease, ... Details >
Office on Smoking and Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and Tobacco
Smoking is responsible for 87% of the lung cancer deaths in the United States. In 1993, lung cancer was the leading cause of cancer death 22.3% among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.... Details >
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Be Good to Your Heart
Also available in: Vietnamese
Don't Burn Your Life Away--Be Good to Your Heart discusses the harmful effects tobacco abuse can have on the body.... Details >
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health
Cigarettes send male sex life up in smoke 
Cigarette smoking significantly increases the risk of erectile dysfunction.... Details >
Don't Burn Your Life Away--Be Good to Your Heart
Also available in: Vietnamese
Be good to your heart, do not smoke.... Details >
Don't Let Another Year Go Up in Smoke: Smoking Quit Tips
Also available in: Spanish
A recent study shows that 70 percent of adult smokers want to quit. This article supports smokers in accomplishing that goal.... Details >
Office on Smoking and Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Health Consequences of Smoking on the Human Body
This interactive animation outlines the effects of smoking on the different organs of the body based on the findings of the 2004 Surgeon General's Report. It is available in Flash and HTML.... Details >
Office on Smoking and Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Health Consequences of Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General— Fact Sheets
These fact sheets focus on particular age groups and specific diseases related to smoking.... Details >
Office on Smoking and Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Health Effects of Exposure to Secondhand Smoke
This site answers to the most frequently asked questions about secondhand smoke, serious health risks to children and to children with asthma, and the science behind the risks.... Details >
Office of Air and Radiation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Kick the Smoking Habit
Also available in: Spanish
This publication is part of a set of booklets that present key steps that Latinos can take to reduce their chances of having a heart attack or stroke. Written in a friendly English/Spanish side-by-sid... Details >
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health