November 2007 - Monthly Prevention Topic

Smoking

• Cigarette Smoking is Hazardous to Your Health

• Cigar Smoking is Hazardous to Your Health

• Lung Cancer - What's Your Risk?

• Oral Cancer and Tobacco Use

• What is Secondhand Smoke?

• Smokeless Tobacco - It's Not a Safe Substitute

Department of Veterans Affairs Resources

• Smoking and Tobacco Use Cessation Program

Federal Government Resources
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US Department of Health and Human Services

• Secondhand smoke - This report of the Surgeon General discusses the health risks and health problems that result from exposure to the smoke from cigarettes, cigars and pipes.
• 5 Day Book - A 12-page booklet is a 5-day countdown to your quit date.
• Quit Smoking - This 12-page booklet tells you about ways you can get help to quit smoking.
• Smoking Cessation - You Can Quit Now - This website has the latest information to help you quit smoking.  Includes booklets and guides to download in English and in Spanish.
• Health Finder - A listing of articles and information about using tobacco, quitting and the health risks of smoking.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Smoking and Tobacco Use - A website covering tobacco related issues.  Includes basic information, fast facts, information on how to quit, frequently asked questions, statistics, and sections dedicated to youth.

National Cancer Institute

• Fact Sheet - Tobacco/Smoking Cessation - List of fact sheets on smoking, using tobacco and quitting.
• Facts about Smoking - Facts about smoking including how smoking hurts you, how it hurts others and why you should quit.

Smokefree.gov - An online guide to quitting smoking.

US National Library of Medicine - Comprehensive website has information, fact sheets, news and other resources.

4 Women.gov - This website contains information for parents and teens on the health problems caused by smoking, being exposed to secondhand smoke and why it is important to quit.