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Quit Smoking: Quick Guide to Healthy Living
Smoking is a preventable cause of death and disease in the United States. ... Details >
National Health Information Center, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Smokefree.Gov - Online Guide to Quitting Smoking
Smokefree.gov, created by the National Cancer Institute, is intended to help you or someone you care about quit smoking. Different people need different resources as they try to quit. The information ... Details >
2004 Surgeon General’s Report on The Health Consequences of Smoking: What it Means to You
The 2004 Surgeon General’s Report on the Health Consequences of Smoking is written for a scientific audience. However, the Surgeon General believes that the findings are very important to everyone and... Details >
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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 at 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 >
Cigars: No Such Thing As a Safe Smoke
This article discusses warning labels on cigar packages and ads -- regulations that took effect following a report by the National Cancer Institute detailing the health risks of cigar smoking.... 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 >