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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Office on Smoking and Health
Tel: 1-800-CDC-INFO
(1-800-232-4636)
TTY: 1-888-232-6348
E-mail: tobaccoinfo@cdc.gov
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Interagency Committee on Smoking and Health
Overview
The Interagency Committee on Smoking and Health (ICSH) was established under
Public Law 98-474
(PDF
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the Comprehensive Smoking Education Act. The Committee was chartered in 1985 and advises the Secretary,
Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), the Assistant Secretary for Health, and the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, on coordination of research, educational programs, and other
activities within the Department that relate to the effect of smoking on human health, and on
coordination of these activities with other Federal, State, local, and private agencies; establish and
maintain a liaison with appropriate private entities, other Federal agencies, and State and local public
agencies respecting activities relating to the effect of cigarette smoking on human health.
Federal members on the ICSH are:
- National Cancer Institute
- National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
- National Institute of Child Health and Human
Development
- National Institute on Drug Abuse
- Health Resources and Services Administration
- Federal Trade Commission
- Department of Education
- Department of Labor
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Page last reviewed 05/06/2008
Page last modified 05/06/2008
