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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
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
U.S. Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona today released a new comprehensive report on smoking and health, revealing for the first time that smoking causes diseases in nearly every organ of the body. Pu... Details >
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
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Research has shown that women’s smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of pregnancy complications, premature delivery, low-birth-weight infants, stillbirth, and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS... Details >
Office on Smoking and Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
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
This brief fact sheet describes how smoking affects minority women.... Details >
Information that can help you kick the smoking habit. Includes information about pregnancy and smoking and discusses the added risks for a smoker facing surgery.... Details >
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About 1 out of every 5 women in America smokes, and women are starting to smoke at younger and younger ages. This section of womenshealth.gov will help you and the people you love to not smoke! Along ... Details >
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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