Tag Archives: Tobacco

CDC Foundation's New Business Pulse Focuses on Reducing Tobacco Use – Media Advisory April 19th, 2025Tracy Meneses

CDC Foundation's New Business Pulse Focuses on Reducing Tobacco Use – Media Advisory

April 19, 2025News & UpdatesAdvisory, Business, Focuses, Foundation&#039s, Media, Pulse, Reducing, TobaccoTracy Meneses

“Business Pulse: Tobacco Use”, launched today by the CDC Foundation, focuses on how employers can improve employee health by reducing tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke.

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.

New Vital Signs Report – Cancer and Tobacco Use – Transcript April 13th, 2025Leon Hardin

New Vital Signs Report – Cancer and Tobacco Use – Transcript

April 13, 2025News & UpdatesCancer, Report, Signs, Tobacco, Transcript, VitalLeon Hardin

CDC hosted a telebriefing for Vital Signs on cancer and tobacco use.

Cancers linked to tobacco use make up 40% of all cancers diagnosed in the United States – Press Release April 13th, 2025James Fleming

Cancers linked to tobacco use make up 40% of all cancers diagnosed in the United States – Press Release

April 13, 2025News & UpdatesCancers, diagnosed, Linked, Press, Release, States, Tobacco, UnitedJames Fleming

Forty percent of cancers diagnosed in the U.S. may have a link to tobacco use, according to this month’s Vital Signs Report. Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of cancer and cancer deaths. It causes more than lung cancer – based on current evidence, it can cause cancers of the mouth and throat, voice … Continue reading Cancers linked to tobacco use make up 40% of all cancers diagnosed in the United States – Press Release →

Youth Tobacco Product Use at a 25-Year Low, Yet Disparities Persist October 19th, 2024Walter Ponce

Youth Tobacco Product Use at a 25-Year Low, Yet Disparities Persist

October 19, 2024News & Updates25Year, Disparities, Persist, Product, Tobacco, YouthWalter Ponce

Current tobacco product use among U.S. middle and high school students has dropped to the lowest recorded level in 25 years.

Youth tobacco product use, including e-cigarettes, drops during 2015-2016 – Press Release March 15th, 2024Angie Turner

Youth tobacco product use, including e-cigarettes, drops during 2015-2016 – Press Release

March 15, 2024News & Updates20152016, drops, During, ecigarettes, including, Press, Product, Release, Tobacco, YouthAngie Turner

The number of middle and high school students who say they are current tobacco users – defined as having used a tobacco product in the past 30 days – dropped from 4.7 million in 2015 to 3.9 million in 2016, according to new data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and … Continue reading Youth tobacco product use, including e-cigarettes, drops during 2015-2016 – Press Release →

One in five US adults still using tobacco products in 2015 – Press Release November 5th, 2023Cathy Hopkins

One in five US adults still using tobacco products in 2015 – Press Release

November 5, 2023News & Updates2015, adults, five, Press, Products, Release, Still, Tobacco, UsingCathy Hopkins

About 1 in 5 U.S. adults used some form of tobacco product in 2015, according to new data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Tobacco Products in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).

About three in ten US veterans use tobacco products – Press Release August 29th, 2023Helen Hopkins

About three in ten US veterans use tobacco products – Press Release

August 29, 2023News & UpdatesAbout, Press, Products, Release, Three, Tobacco, VeteransHelen Hopkins

About 3 in 10 U.S. military veterans used some form of tobacco product during 2010-2015,…

Youth tobacco use drops during 2011-2017 May 8th, 2023Angela Lynch

Youth tobacco use drops during 2011-2017

May 8, 2023News & Updates20112017, drops, During, Tobacco, YouthAngela Lynch

Yet 3.6 million middle and high school students still use tobacco products

More than 3 Million Youth Reported Using a Tobacco Product in 2022 November 10th, 2022Raymond Crawford

More than 3 Million Youth Reported Using a Tobacco Product in 2022

November 10, 2022News & Updates2022, Million, More, Product, reported, Than, Tobacco, Using, YouthRaymond Crawford

A study released today from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that 3.08 million (11.3%) U.S. middle and high school students reported current (past 30-day) use of any tobacco product in 2022, which includes 2.51 million (16.5%) high school students and 530,000 (4.5%) … Continue reading More than 3 Million Youth Reported Using a Tobacco Product in 2022 →