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CDC's successful "Tips From Former Smokers" campaign returns on April 1

New emotionally powerful ads today kick off the eighth year of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) “Tips From Former Smokers” campaign. The new ads share personal stories of Americans suffering from smoking-related illnesses-and the devastating impact of these illnesses on smokers’ families.

CDC's NIOSH Releases New Video on Black Lung Disease among Coal Miners

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has released a new video demonstrating black lung disease is not confined just to older miners – it is also occurring in younger mine workers. Faces of Black Lung II – The Story Continues shows the personal costs of … Continue reading CDC's NIOSH Releases New Video on Black Lung Disease among Coal Miners

CDC's Tips® campaign led 1 million U.S. adults to quit smoking during 2012-2018

Findings from a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study published in Preventing Chronic Disease show that CDC’s Tips From Former Smokers® (Tips®) campaign led more than 1 million U.S. adults to quit smoking and an estimated 16.4 million U.S. adults to attempt to quit smoking during 2012-2018.

CDC's successful <em>Tips From Former Smokers</em> campaign returns on March 23

Today, a new round of straightforward ads kicks off the ninth year of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Tips From Former Smokers (Tips) campaign.

CDC's successful Tips From Former Smokers campaign returns on March 23

Today, a new round of straightforward ads kicks off the ninth year of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Tips From Former Smokers (Tips) campaign. Since 2012, the Tips campaign has profiled real people who are living with serious long-term health effects due to smoking cigarettes and secondhand smoke exposure.

Updates from the Front Lines: CDC's Disease Detectives Report on Latest Investigations

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will hold its annual gathering of past and present disease detectives April 29-May 2, 2019, in Atlanta. The 68th Annual Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Conference will feature presentations on groundbreaking investigations and often life-saving outbreak responses by current EIS officers and their laboratory counterparts, the Laboratory … Continue reading Updates from the Front Lines: CDC's Disease Detectives Report on Latest Investigations

CDC's NIOSH Debuts Small Business Traveler Safety Web Page

Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has unveiled a new web page that provides valuable information and tools for small business employers and employees to plan for safety and health when traveling abroad.

Millions of Underserved Women in the U.S. Have Benefited from CDC's Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Program

More than 4.3 million women with limited access to health care received breast and cervical cancer screening and diagnostic services in the first 20 years of the CDC’s National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP).