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November 15 marks the 31st Great American Smokeout. The Smokeout encourages smokers to quit for at least a day so that they might quit smoking permanently. Cigarette smoking remains the leading preventable cause of death and disease in the United States, causing the death of nearly 500,000 deaths each year. This report discusses the importance of aids that will help smokers quit, thus decreasing illness and death caused by smoking.
Date Released: 11/8/2007 Running time: 0:59 Author: MMWR Series Name: A Minute of Health with CDC
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A MINUTE OF HEALTH WITH CDC
Who’s Still Smoking in the U.S.?
Cigarette Smoking Among Adults — United States, 2006
November 8, 2007
This program is presented by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC – safer,
healthier people.
Cigarette smoking remains the leading cause of preventable disease and death
in the United States. Although the percentage of adult smokers has gone down in
the past decade, a recent CDC study confirmed that there are still about 1 in 5
adults who continue to smoke. It often takes several attempts before a smoker
succeeds in quitting, but there are now more options than ever to help someone
quit. The good news is, the risk of developing a smoking-related chronic disease
is greatly reduced for those who quit, compared with those who continue to
smoke. By quitting, even smokers whose health has already been affected can
reduce the severity of the disease and their chances of dying from it.
Thank you for joining us on A Minute of Health with CDC.
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