Tag Archives: Smokers

CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report – What can be done to help prevent smokers and nonsmokers from getting more than 12 cancers associated with tobacco use and secondhand smoke? – Media Advisory April 15th, 2025Patricia Getty

CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report – What can be done to help prevent smokers and nonsmokers from getting more than 12 cancers associated with tobacco use and secondhand smoke? – Media Advisory

April 15, 2025News & UpdatesAdvisory, Associated, Cancers, done, from, Getting, help, Media, More, nonsmokers, Prevent, Report, Secondhand, Signs, Smoke, Smokers, Telebriefing, Than, Tobacco, VitalPatricia Getty

Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of cancer and cancer deaths. Cancers linked to tobacco use make up 40% of all cancers diagnosed.

CDC's Tips From Former Smokers® Launches New Ads to Encourage People to Quit Smoking February 7th, 2024Richard Mabry

CDC's Tips From Former Smokers® Launches New Ads to Encourage People to Quit Smoking

February 7, 2024News & UpdatesCDC&#039s, Encourage, Former, from, launches, People, Quit, Smokers, Smoking, TipsRichard Mabry

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Tips From Former Smokers® (Tips®) campaign returns today with new ads to encourage people to quit smoking.

Statement from Deirdre Lawrence Kittner, PhD, MPH, Director, CDC's Office on Smoking and Health, on the passing of Becky Herner, Tips From Former Smokers® participant July 13th, 2023Tracy Meneses

Statement from Deirdre Lawrence Kittner, PhD, MPH, Director, CDC's Office on Smoking and Health, on the passing of Becky Herner, Tips From Former Smokers® participant

July 13, 2023News & UpdatesBecky, CDC&#039s, Deirdre, Director, Former, from, Health, Herner, Kittner, Lawrence, Office, participant, passing, Smokers, Smoking, Statement, TipsTracy Meneses

It is with deep sadness that we share the loss of Becky Herner, a participant in CDC’s Tips From Former Smokers® (Tips®) campaign. Becky, a devoted mother, friend, and champion of anti-tobacco efforts, encouraged people who smoke to quit and others never to start.

CDC's Tips From Former Smokers: Anti-smoking campaign launches seventh year – Media Advisory May 26th, 2023Jeffrey Kennedy

CDC's Tips From Former Smokers: Anti-smoking campaign launches seventh year – Media Advisory

May 26, 2023News & UpdatesAdvisory, Antismoking, Campaign, CDC&#039s, Former, from, launches, Media, Seventh, Smokers, Tips, yearJeffrey Kennedy

CDC’s Tips From Former Smokers campaign resumes for 25 weeks on April 23, 2018.

Statement from Karen Hacker, MD, MPH, Director, CDC's National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion on the passing of Tonya Moore, Tips From Former Smokers® participant August 10th, 2022Angie Turner

Statement from Karen Hacker, MD, MPH, Director, CDC's National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion on the passing of Tonya Moore, Tips From Former Smokers® participant

August 10, 2022News & UpdatesCDC&#039s, Center, Chronic, Director, Disease, Former, from, Hacker, Health, Karen, Moore, National, participant, passing, Prevention, Promotion, Smokers, Statement, Tips, TonyaAngie Turner

We are deeply saddened by the passing of Tonya Moore. At age 38, Tonya was diagnosed with heart failure because of cigarette smoking.

CDC's Tips From Former Smokers® Returns With Powerful New Ads March 1st, 2022Julie Dreher

CDC's Tips From Former Smokers® Returns With Powerful New Ads

March 1, 2022News & UpdatesCDC&#039s, Former, from, Powerful, Returns, Smokers, TipsJulie Dreher

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Tips From Former Smokers® (Tips®) campaign, now celebrating its 10th anniversary, returns today with new ads encouraging people who smoke to quit.

CDC's Tips From Former Smokers® Campaign Returns With New Ads March 7th, 2021Lydia Dubois

CDC's Tips From Former Smokers® Campaign Returns With New Ads

March 7, 2021News & UpdatesCampaign, CDC&#039s, Former, from, Returns, Smokers, TipsLydia Dubois

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Tips From Former Smokers® (Tips®) campaign enters its 10th year today with new ads that encourage people who smoke to quit.

CDC's successful Tips From Former Smokers campaign returns on March 23 April 17th, 2020Courtney Buxton

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

April 17, 2020News & UpdatesCampaign, CDC&#039s, Former, from, March, Returns, Smokers, Successful, TipsCourtney Buxton

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.

Statement from CDC Director Robert R. Redfield, MD on the passing of Michael Patterson, Tips From Former Smokers ad participant April 9th, 2020Sasha Shaw

Statement from CDC Director Robert R. Redfield, MD on the passing of Michael Patterson, Tips From Former Smokers ad participant

April 9, 2020News & UpdatesDirector, Former, from, Michael, participant, passing, Patterson, Redfield, Robert, Smokers, Statement, TipsSasha Shaw

We are deeply saddened by the passing of Michael Patterson, 64, a U.S. Army veteran, an Alaska Native, and a member of the Tlingit tribe. At age 44, Michael was diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) caused by smoking.