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Educational Materials
Helpful information for parents, educators, professionals, youth leaders and employers.


The following materials are free of charge and in the public domain. You may select five items from the list (single copies only).
Select publications from the list below:
Boyz II Men, "Smokefree — It's the New Evolution"
No way the dynamic Boyz II Men musicians are going to let tobacco smoke hurt their performance. These young Motown stars choose to make a strong statement to young and old alike about the advantages of living smoke-free. This is a folded poster.
099-6326
CDCynergy for Tobacco Prevention and Control Edition
This is an interactive tool to help health professionals plan and implement health communication programs. The compact disk contains a wealth of resources, case examples, and friendly advice to help along the way.
099-7351
Christy Turlington, "In 14 years of modeling, this is my favorite shot of myself."
Well-known cover model/entrepreneur Christy Turlington portrays glamour as a smoke-free lifestyle in this poster that is intended to educate teens about addiction to tobacco products. This is a folded poster.
099-6458
Christy Turlington, "Smoking is ugly"(Folded Poster)
Well-known model Christy Turlington portrays glamour as a smoke-free lifestyle. This is a folded poster.
099-7120
Christy Turlington, "Tobacco Free...It's a beautiful thing."
This poster features cover model/entrepreneur Christy Turlington communicating a smoke-free message. This is a flat poster.
099-6701
Christy Turlington: 2000 Tobacco Free - It's a Beautiful Thing (Folded poster)
099-6705
Coverage for Tobacco Use Cessation Treatment
This document provides the background and science base for providing coverage for tobacco-use cessation treatment. The brochure not only includes a section on how benefits should be designed but also provides examples of companies that have implemented coverage plus a list of Food and Drug Administration-approved medications that can be used in combination with counseling.
099-7676
Dentro de los primeros 20 minutes de haber dejado de fumar...
This glossy color poster features what happens within 20 minutes after smokers inhale that last cigarette. Their bodies begin a series of changes that continue for years. Among these health improvements are a drop in heart rate; improved circulation; and reduced risk for heart attack, lung cancer, and stroke. This is a folded poster.
099-7868
Dentro de los primeros 20 minutos de haber dejado de fumar...
This glossy color poster features what happens within 20 minutes after smokers inhale that last cigarette. Their bodies begin a series of changes that continue for years. Among these health improvements are a drop in heart rate; improved circulation; and reduced risk for heart attack, lung cancer, and stroke. This is a flat poster.
099-7867
Designing and Implementing an Effective Tobacco Counter-Marketing Campaign
This manual is designed to be a comprehensive resource for state health departments and other agencies and organizations that are developing and implementing tobacco counter-marketing campaigns. The manual is designed to help readers who have different levels of experience and who are managing programs at different stages of development.
099-7353
Designing and Implementing an Effective Tobacco Counter-Marketing Campaign
This flyer promotes the Designing and Implementing an Effective Tobacco Counter-Marketing Campaign manual, which is a comprehensive resource for state health departments and other agencies and organizations that are developing and implementing tobacco counter-marketing campaigns. The manual is designed to help readers who have different levels of experience and who are managing programs at different stages of development. The publication number for the manual is 099-7653.
099-7673
Dispelling the Myths About Tobacco: A Community Toolkit for Reducing Tobacco Use Among Women
This toolkit was produced as a companion to the "Women and Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General." It includes suggestions and ideas in the form of presentations, programs, media outreach, and other activities. An important highlight is a 17-minute educational video, "Women and Tobacco: Seven Deadly Myths," narrated by Christy Turlington.
099-6992
Esai Morales, "Quit smoking for the ones you love!" "Si los amas, deja de fumar."
Actor/director Esai Morales (NYPD Blue, Resurrection Blvd., PBS's American Family) encourages individuals to "Quit smoking for the ones you love!" This is a flat poster.
099-7181
Esai Morales, "Quit smoking for the ones you love!" "Si los amas, deja de fumar."
Actor/director Esai Morales (NYPD Blue, Resurrection Blvd., PBS's American Family) encourages individuals to "Quit smoking for the ones you love!" This is a flat poster.
099-7182
Frequently Asked Questions of the Cessation Resource Center
This document contains frequently asked questions about OSH's Cessation Resource Center (CRC) and provides quick reference guidance. The CRC is a Web portal that links registered state and organizational tobacco cessation programs with available cessation resources. These resources have been developed and tested by state tobacco control programs and CDC's Office on Smoking and Health (OSH) partner organizations.
099-8163
Frequently Asked Questions of the Media Campaign Resource Center
This document contains frequently asked questions about OSH's Media Campaign Resource Center (MCRC) and provides quick reference guidance. The MCRC is a clearinghouse funded by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Office on Smoking and Health. The MCRC licenses and maintains an inventory of existing tobacco control advertisements developed by a number of states, organizations, and federal agencies. By providing access to existing advertising materials, the MCRC allows states, organizations, and government agencies to save the time and high cost of producing new ads.
099-6939
Get Into Your Kid's Head. Here's How.
Getting more involved with your preteen or teen today will help you stay connected tomorrow. In addition, your involvement will help your child make better decisions. This brochure offers parents 10 specific methods for staying closer to their preteens or teens, such as scheduling weekly time and sharing meals. The brochure also suggests way to help teenagers quit smoking.
099-6996
Got a Minute? (Parenting Kit-Box Set)
NOTE: ALSO ORDER UPDATED CD (099-7624). Got a Minute? is a social marketing campaign prepared for state and local tobacco control programs. The campaign is designed to help less-involved parents become more involved with their preteens, a behavior that appears to act as a protective factor against the lure of tobacco. Second, the campaign attempts to help parents support cessation attempts and understand more about youth tobacco use. The CDC has created prototype materials, including print ads, radio spots, a presentation, a brochure, and a tent card on the CD-ROM within the kit for state and local tobacco control programs to reproduce and disseminate.
099-6995
Guia para dejar de fumar: No lo deje para manana, deje de fumar hoy
This four-color, 36-page self-help booklet on smoking cessation is specifically for Spanish-speaking audiences. This guide gives tips on how to quit smoking and includes an extensive section on pharmacological aids for nicotine addiction.
099-7647
Humo de segunda mano es peligroso para los niños (Flat Poster)
This glossy–color poster featuring the image of an infant includes information on how secondhand smoke exposure affects infants and children including causing sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), lung problems, ear infections, and more severe asthma. This is a flat poster.
099-8568
Humo de segunda mano es peligroso para los niños (Folded Poster)
This glossy–color poster featuring the image of an infant includes information on how secondhand smoke exposure affects infants and children including causing sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), lung problems, ear infections, and more severe asthma. This is a folded poster.
099-8569
Humo de segunda mano es tóxico (Flat Poster)
This bright–color poster features information on the health effects of some of the more than 4,000 chemicals contained in secondhand smoke, including cancer–causing chemicals like formaldehyde and benzene, toxic metals like arsenic and cadmium, and poison gases like carbon monoxide and hydrogen cyanide. This is a flat poster.
099-8575
Humo de segunda mano es tóxico (Folded Poster)
This bright–color poster features information on the health effects of some of the more than 4,000 chemicals contained in secondhand smoke, including cancer–causing chemicals like formaldehyde and benzene, toxic metals like arsenic and cadmium, and poison gases like carbon monoxide and hydrogen cyanide. This is a folded poster.
099-8576
I Can't Breathe
Pam Laffin, a 31-year-old mother of two young girls, died from emphysema. In the program, Pam tells why she started smoking and what it was like to learn she had emphysema, a smoking-related disease for which there is no cure. Despite her debilitating illness, Pam was committed to sharing her story so others might learn from her. The 20-minute video, coupled with a moderator's guide, is designed to help lead classroom discussions with students about the consequences of cigarette smoking. The program has been created specifically for young people aged 11 to 14 years. The product is a joint effort between the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health.
099-8148
I Quit! What to Do When You're Sick of Smoking, Chewing, or Dipping
For young people, this text takes an age-appropriate approach to advising youth on successful methods of tobacco cessation. Cleverly illustrated and written, the booklet was originated by the Anne Arundel County Department of Health in Annapolis, Maryland.
099-7648
Improve Your Game...Sports and Tobacco Don't Mix
This new tobacco-free sports poster featuring Olympic gold medalists Picabo Street (Alpine skiing) and Dominique Dawes (gymnastics), Oregon State University football star Ken Simonton, Brazilian soccer star Sisi, and World Cup champion mountain biker Alison Dunlap, emphasizes that you can not excel in sports by using tobacco.
099-7078
Jackie Chan "Strike back against tobacco" (Folded Poster)
This action poster features mega-star Jackie Chan "striking back against the tobacco industry." The poster was produced by the American Cancer Society of New York City in 2001 and promoted via CDC's Tobacco-Free Sports Initiative.
099-6991
Key Outcome Indicators for Evaluating Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs
This Consumer Reports-style guide provides information on 120 key outcome indicators for evaluation of statewide, comprehensive tobacco prevention and control programs. Indicators are organized by evidence-based logic models. Detailed information is provided for each indicator, including indicator definition, example data sources and measures, and graphic descriptions of expert panel ratings across various criteria, such as overall quality and resource utilization.
099-8167
Las consecuencias a la salud debido a la exposición involuntaria al humo del tabacco: El informe del Cirujano General: Humo de Segunda Mano, Lo que Significa para Usted
A summary brochure of the 2006 Surgeon General's Report updating the scientific evidence on exposure, health consequences, and control approaches regarding secondhand smoke. Document is designed for the general public.
099-8590
Las consequencias del fumar en su salud. Lo que significa para Ud. (2004)
This full-color, easy-to-read summary of the Health Consequences of Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General was developed for the public. This document explains what the report says and what it means to you. Smoking harms nearly every organ of the body, causing many diseases and reducing the health of smokers in general and often leads to incurable disease and death.
099-7866
Las mujeres y el tabaquismo: Informe de la direccion General de Salud Publica, 2001
This report provides a composite overview of smoking and health issues among women and girls in the United States. The At-A-Glance version of the report summarizes the major conclusions of the Surgeon General's Report.
099-6945
Los beneficios de dejar de fumar
This brightly colored poster displays the benefits of quitting compared with the harmful health consequences of smoking. Quitting smoking has immediate as well as long-term benefits, such as reducing risks for stroke, cancers, coronary heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, ulcer, peripheral artery disease, and low birth weight in infants. This is a flat poster.
099-7869
Los beneficios de dejar de fumar
This brightly colored poster displays the benefits of quitting compared with the harmful health consequences of smoking. Quitting smoking has immediate as well as long-term benefits, such as reducing risks for stroke, cancers, coronary heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, ulcer, peripheral artery disease, and low birth weight in infants. This is a folded poster.
099-7870
Making Your Workplace Smokefree: A Decision Maker's Guide
This manual provides worksite decision makers with information on how to design, implement, and evaluate environmental tobacco smoke policies and related activities.
099-5085
Media Sharp: Analyzing Tobacco & Alcohol
The MediaSharp kit includes an entertaining 7-minute classroom DVD and a teacher’s guide loaded with activities. The MediaSharp Leader's Guide is available in a portable document format (PDF) on the OSH Web site. If you print the Leader's Guide, then you can order this videotape so you will have the kit.
099-8149
Media Sharp: Analyzing Tobacco & Alcohol Messages
The MediaSharpSM kit includes an entertaining 7-minute classroom video and a teacher’s guide loaded with activities. The MediaSharpSM Leader's Guide is available through the OSH Web in a portable document format (PDF). If you print the Leader's Guide and order this videotape you will have the entire kit.
099-5704
No existe tal cosa como una sección de NO FUMAR (Folded Poster)
This glossy–color poster communicates that no amount of secondhand smoke exposure is safe and lists ways in which people may be exposed to secondhand smoke and not realize it. Eliminating exposure indoors is the only way to adequately protect yourself. Ventilation and filtration will not protect you—neither will simply sitting in a no–smoking section. This is a folded poster.
099-8574
No existe tal cosa como una sección de NO FUMAR )Flat Poster)
This bright–color poster features information on the health effects of some of the more than 4,000 chemicals contained in secondhand smoke, including cancer–causing chemicals like formaldehyde and benzene, toxic metals like arsenic and cadmium, and poison gases like carbon monoxide and hydrogen cyanide. This is a flat poster.
099-8573
Parents–Help Keep Your Kids Tobacco-Free
This tip sheet suggests ways to enhance your children's decision-making skills about tobacco use without turning them off. This one-pager is an excellent resource for all sorts of groups including PTAs, scouts, neighborhoods, and any other parent groups. This sheet is easily reproduced for group distribution.
099-5955
Pathways to Freedom
This guide was developed to address the national concern over the high rates of smoking among the African-American population. The guide offers proven strategies for anyone who wants to quit; how friends and family can help; and how the community and its leaders can promote the value of gaining freedom from tobacco.
099-8146
Pokey Chatman "Play tobacco free — stay tobacco free."
This poster features Dana "Pokey" Chatman, head coach for Louisiana State University basketball team, promoting a message of tobacco prevention and tobacco-free sports. This is a folded poster.
099-8152
Pokey Chatman "Play tobacco free — stay tobacco free."
This poster features Dana "Pokey" Chatman, head coach for Louisiana State University basketball team, promoting a message of tobacco prevention and tobacco-free sports. This is a flat poster.
099-8153
PROTECT YOURSELF from Secondhand Smoke (Folded Poster)
"This bright–color poster features information on how secondhand smoke exposure affects nonsmokers' health. Exposure to secondhand smoke causes heart disease, lung cancer, and breathing problems for adults, and weaker lungs and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) in infants. This is a folded poster. "
099-8570
PROTECT YOURSELF from Secondhand Smoke (Flat Poster)
"This bright–color poster features information on how secondhand smoke exposure affects nonsmokers' health. Exposure to secondhand smoke causes heart disease, lung cancer, and breathing problems for adults, and weaker lungs and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) in infants. This is a flat poster. "
099-8577
PROTÉJASE del Humo de Segunda Mano (Flat Poster)
"This bright–color poster features information on how secondhand smoke exposure affects nonsmokers' health. Exposure to secondhand smoke causes heart disease, lung cancer, and breathing problems for adults, and weaker lungs and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) in infants. This is a folded poster. "
099-8571
PROTÉJASE del Humo de Segunda Mano (Folded Poster)
"This bright–color poster features information on how secondhand smoke exposure affects nonsmokers' health. Exposure to secondhand smoke causes heart disease, lung cancer, and breathing problems for adults, and weaker lungs and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) in infants. This is a folded poster. "
099-8567
Reducing the Health Consequences of Smoking: 25 Years of Progress. A Report of the Surgeon General (1989)
This document presents an overview of the previous Surgeon General's Reports on smoking and health and updates the status of tobacco control in the United States.
099-3532
Reducing Tobacco Use: A Report of the Surgeon General (2000)
NOTE: ALSO ORDER 099-8117 (SGR 2000 ERRATA NOTICE). This report on smoking and health by the Surgeon General is the first to offer a composite review of the various methods used to reduce and prevent tobacco use. This report evaluates each of the five major approaches to reducing tobacco use: educational, clinical, regulatory, economic, and comprehensive.
099-6493
Reducing Tobacco Use: A Report of the Surgeon General - Errata Notice (2000)
NOTE: ALSO ORDER 099-6493 (SGR 2000). This is an errata notice for the Reducing Tobacco Use: A Report of the Surgeon General. This report on smoking and health by the Surgeon General is the first to offer a composite review of the various methods used to reduce and prevent tobacco use. The report evaluates each of the five major approaches to reducing tobacco use: educational, clinical, regulatory, economic, and comprehensive.
099-8117
Reducing Tobacco Use: A Report of the Surgeon General At-A-Glance
This At-A-Glance documents the report on smoking and health by the Surgeon General that was the first to offer a composite review of the various methods used to reduce and prevent tobacco use: educational, clinical, regulatory, economic, and comprehensive.
099-6495
Reducing Tobacco Use: A Report of the Surgeon General, CD-ROM (2000)
This report on smoking and health by the Surgeon General is the first to offer a composite review of the various methods used to reduce and prevent tobacco use. This report evaluates each of the five major approaches to reducing tobacco use: educational, clinical, regulatory, economic, and comprehensive.
099-6569
Reducing Tobacco Use: A Report of the Surgeon General, Executive Summary (2000)
This report on smoking and health by the Surgeon General is the first to offer a composite review of the various methods used to reduce and prevent tobacco use. This report evaluates each of the five major approaches to reducing tobacco use; educational, clinical, regulatory, economic, and comprehensive. The executive summary version of the report is a technical publication that includes excerpts from the complete report.
099-6494
Save Money, Save Lives: Make Your Business Smoke-Free
Brochure designed to communicate information about exposure to secondhand smoke in the workplace and benefits to employers for implementing smokefree worksites.
099-8583
Scene Smoking: Cigarettes, Cinema, and the Myth of Cool
This hour-long documentary on smoking in film and television features Hollywood insiders speaking out about artists' rights, social responsibility, and the First Amendment. The thoughtful and thought-provoking video is available with curriculum guides for high school and college classes.
099-7356
Secondhand Smoke Is Dangerous to Children (Flat Poster)
This glossy–color poster featuring the image of an infant includes information on how secondhand smoke exposure affects infants and children including causing sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), lung problems, ear infections, and more severe asthma. This is a flat poster.
099-8578
Secondhand Smoke Is Dangerous to Children (Folded Poster)
This glossy–color poster featuring the image of an infant includes information on how secondhand smoke exposure affects infants and children including causing sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), lung problems, ear infections, and more severe asthma. This is a folded poster.
099-8564
Secondhand Smoke Is Toxic (Flat poster)
This bright–color poster features information on the health effects of some of the more than 4,000 chemicals contained in secondhand smoke, including cancer–causing chemicals like formaldehyde and benzene, toxic metals like arsenic and cadmium, and poison gases like carbon monoxide and hydrogen cyanide. This is a flat poster.
099-8587
Secondhand Smoke Is Toxic (Folded Poster)
This bright–color poster features information on the health effects of some of the more than 4,000 chemicals contained in secondhand smoke, including cancer–causing chemicals like formaldehyde and benzene, toxic metals like arsenic and cadmium, and poison gases like carbon monoxide and hydrogen cyanide. This is a folded poster.
099-8588
Seven Deadly Myths
Hosted by cover model, entrepreneur, and smoking cessation advocate Christy Turlington, this 17-minute video explores some of the common myths about smoking and empowers women to become or stay smoke-free. A facilitator's guide is also included with the video.
099-6835
SLAM
SLAM is a video developed to help young people be more aware of the power and pervasiveness of cigarette advertising and to help them explore ways to resist the influences of the tobacco industry.
099-6164
Smoke Opponents Not Cigarettes - Folded Poster
099-8379
Smoke Screeners
Smoke Screeners is an educational program that helps teach media literacy skills to young people, empowering them to make informed decisions about smoking and chewing tobacco by improving their ability to critically analyze the messages about tobacco use that they see in movies and on television.
099-6196
Smokeless NOT Harmless
Smokeless NOT Harmless is a video produced for the Third International Conference on Smokeless Tobacco, cosponsored by the National Cancer Institute, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Center for Tobacco Prevention in Sweden. The video looks back at the many tactics used to sell smokeless tobacco over the past century. Like a virus, smokeless tobacco marketing has spread around the world, from Venezuela to India to Sweden and beyond. Fortunately, counter-marketing efforts are giving young people the truth about these deadly, addictive products.
099-7349
Smokeless... NOT Harmless
Smokeless NOT Harmless is a video produced for the Third International Conference on Smokeless Tobacco, cosponsored by the National Cancer Institute, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Center for Tobacco Prevention in Sweden. The video looks back at the many tactics used to sell smokeless tobacco over the past century. Like a virus, smokeless tobacco marketing has spread around the world, from Venezuela to India to Sweden and beyond. Fortunately, counter-marketing efforts are giving young people the truth about these deadly, addictive products.
099-8150
Smoking and Health: A Report of the Surgeon General (1979)
The 1979 Surgeon General's Report on Smoking and Health updates and greatly expands the current knowledge on smoking and health as published in the 1964 Surgeon General's Report. The report is a compendium of 22 scientific papers on smoking and health, compiled by 12 agencies of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and reviewed by scientists who are recognized experts in their respective fields. Three major areas are discussed: (1) the health consequences of smoking, (2) the behavioral aspects of smoking, and (3) education and prevention.
099-7003
Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service (1964)
In January 1964, the first Surgeon General's Report on Smoking and Health was the first official recognition in the United States that cigarette smoking causes cancer and other serious diseases.
099-6658
Sustaining State Funding for Tobacco Control - A Story from Colorado
In 2004, OSH's sustaining states activities, in conjunction with efforts by many other partners, had some notable successes. The number of states that instituted new cuts in tobacco control funding dropped substantially, and a few states successfully garnered new resources for their programs. Specifically, Colorado developed a plan and, through extensive grassroots efforts, was successful in raising its state tobacco excise tax through a ballot initiative in November 2004.
099-8182
Sustaining State Funding for Tobacco Control - The Facts
This document provides new research that demonstrates that effective tobacco control programs work. It provides information related to the problems, solutions, and future of sustaining states. The document uses recent publications to tell the story and includes references.
099-7879
Sustaining State Funding for Tobacco Control — Snapshot from Nebraska
In 2004, OSH's sustaining states activities, in conjunction with efforts by many other partners, had some notable successes. The number of states that instituted new cuts in tobacco control funding dropped substantially, and a few states successfully garnered new resources for their programs. Specifically, Nebraska received $2.5 million per year of Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) funding, with statutory language earmarking this funding for the Tobacco-Free Nebraska Program.
099-8118
Sustaining State Funding for Tobacco Control — Snapshot from Virginia
In 2004, OSH's sustaining states activities, in conjunction with efforts by many other partners, had some notable successes. The number of states that instituted new cuts in tobacco control funding dropped substantially, and a few states successfully garnered new resources for their programs. Specifically, Virginia successfully maintained its $5 million in annual Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) funding for tobacco control by establishing an extensive grassroots constituency that prevented any reduction in funding for tobacco control programs.
099-8164
Sustaining State Funding for Tobacco Control and OSH Strategic Priority
CDC's Office on Smoking and Health has identified four strategic priority areas. One of these priorities, “Promoting sustainable, science-based, comprehensive tobacco control programs at the CDC-recommended levels” was established to focus on supporting states in their efforts to preserve tobacco control funding in the face of serious state budget challenges. This document clearly defines our vision, mission, goals, strategic priorities, and sustainable state program funding objectives.
099-8119
Sustaining State Programs and Tobacco Control: Data Highlights 2004
This document provides state-based information on the prevalence of tobacco use, health impact, and associated costs for all 50 states and the District of Columbia. It is a smaller version of prior State Hightlights reports and presents some previously reported data and several updated estimates.
099-7988
Tabaquismo y salud en las Americas - Informe de la Cirujana General, 1992, en colaboracion con la Organizacion Panamericana de la Salud
This publishing milestone, developed by the Pan American Health Organization, provides a country-by-country analysis of smoking prevalence and prevention efforts. The text points to both triumphs and gaps in each country based on collaboration among leaders in each country. The goal is to provide a springboard for new efforts based on individual needs of each country. This executive summary provides an overview of the full report and highlights the conclusions and findings.
099-3755
Tabaquismo y salud en las Américas - Informe de la Cirujana General, 1992, en colaboración con la Organización Panamericana de la Salud
Tabaquismo y salud en las Américas - Informe de la Cirujana General, 1992, en colaboración con la Organización Panamericana de la Salud, Smoking and Health in the Americas: A Report of the Surgeon General. This publishing milestone developed by the Pan American Health Organization provides a country-by-country analysis of smoking prevalence and prevention efforts. The text points to both triumphs and gaps in each country based on a collaboration among leaders in each country. The goal is to provide a springboard for new efforts based on individual needs of each country.
099-3753
Targeting Tobacco Use – The Nation's Leading Cause of Death: 2005 At-A-Glance
This At-A-Glance documents the efforts of the Office on Smoking and Health to reduce tobacco use and contains up-to-date facts about tobacco use. This is an excellent resource that contains key facts for presentations or papers.
099-5598
Telephone Quitlines: A Resource for Development, Implementation, and Evaluation
This document was written in response to a growing interest in telephone-based tobacco cessation services commonly known as quitlines. It helps state health departments, health care organizations, and employers contract for and monitor telephone-based tobacco cessation services. It also helps states, health care organizations, and quitline operators enhance existing quitline services and inform those interested in learning more about population-based approaches to tobacco cessation.
099-7949
The Benefits of Quitting...
This brightly colored poster displays the benefits of quitting compared with the harmful health consequences of smoking. Quitting smoking has immediate as well as long-term benefits, such as reducing risks for stroke, cancers, coronary heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, ulcer, peripheral artery disease, and low birth weight in infants. This is a flat poster.
099-7864
The Benefits of Quitting...
This brightly colored poster displays the benefits of quitting compared with the harmful health consequences of smoking. Quitting smoking has immediate as well as long-term benefits, such as reducing risks for stroke, cancers, coronary heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, ulcer, peripheral artery disease, and low birth weight in infants. This is a folded poster.
099-7865
The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke: A Report of the Surgeon General - CD ROM (2006)
CD-ROM version of the 2006 Surgeon General's Report updating the scientific evidence on exposure, health consequences, and control approaches regarding secondhand smoke.
099-8585
The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke: A Report of the Surgeon General Kit,Full Report, Executive Summary, Consumer Guide, CD, 4 Posters (2006)
The various components of the 2006 Surgeon General's Report updates the scientific evidence on exposure, health consequences, and control approaches regarding secondhand smoke.
099-8591
The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke: A Report of the Surgeon General, Full Report (2006)
This 2006 Surgeon General's Report updates the scientific evidence on exposure, health consequences, and control approaches regarding secondhand smoke.
099-8584
The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke: A Report of the Surgeon General,Executive Summary (2006)
This executive summary summarizes the 2006 Surgeon General's Report updating the scientific evidence on exposure, health consequences, and control approaches regarding secondhand smoke.
099-8586
The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke: A Report of the Surgeon General. Secondhand Smoke. What It Means to You!(2006)
A summary brochure of the 2006 Surgeon General's Report updating the scientific evidence on exposure, health consequences, and control approaches regarding secondhand smoke. Document is designed for the general public.
099-8580
The Health Consequences of Involuntary Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General (1986)
The Health Consequences of Involuntary Smoking, examines the scientific evidence on the health effects resulting from nonsmoker exposure to environmental tobacco smoke.
099-7005
The Health Consequences of Smoking (1973)
This reports reviews and assesses the scientific evidence linking cigarette smoking to disease and premature deaths. The report reiterates, strengthens, and extends the findings of earlier reports that identify cigarette smoking as a major health problem in the United States.
099-7008
The Health Consequences of Smoking (1975)
This report summarizes research in four major areas: cardiovascular disease, cancer, respiratory disease, and the effects of smoking on nonsmokers.
099-7009
The Health Consequences of Smoking — Cancer: A Report of the Surgeon General (1982)
The 1982 report on the health consequences of smoking presents a comprehensive evaluation of the relationship between cigarette smoking and cancer.
099-7002
The Health Consequences of Smoking — Cardiovascular Disease: A Report of the Surgeon General (1983)
This report clearly demonstrates that cigarette smoking is a major risk factor for coronary heart disease in the United States.
099-3535
The Health Consequences of Smoking — The Changing Cigarette: A Report of the Surgeon General (1981)
This report considers the relative health effects of cigarettes with varying levels of tar and nicotine and the relative effects of cigarette additives.
099-7000
The Health Consequences of Smoking on the Human Body: (CD-ROM)
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.
099-7948
The Health Consequences of Smoking, 1977-1978 (1978)
The data on the health effects of smoking on women and on overall mortality are presented in this report to Congress.
099-7011
The Health Consequences of Smoking: A Public Health Service Review (1967); The Health Consequences of Smoking: 1968 Supplement to the 1967 Public Health Service Review (1968); The Health Consequences of Smoking: 1969 Supplement to the 1967 Public Health Service Review (1969); The Health Consequences of Smoking (1974).
1967: This report represents a review of more than 2,000 research studies published since the 1964 report. 1968: This report confirms and strengthens the conclusions of the two previous reports. 1969: This report reviews the literature on the health consequences of smoking since the 1968 report. It includes data which show the magnitude of the excess mortality and morbidity among smokers. 1974: This report broadens the understanding of the mechanisms whereby smoking contributes to the development of various forms of cancer, cardiovascular diseases, and respiratory diseases.
099-7287
The Health Consequences of Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General (2004)
This report on the health effects of smoking provides a startling picture of the damage to health caused by tobacco use. Smoking injures almost every organ in the body; tragically, such injury often leads to incurable disease and death. This report also addresses changes in the cigarette and whether these changes present increased risks to smokers. The comprehensive review process that is the foundation of this series of reports has found new causal associations of smoking with disease.
099-7829
The Health Consequences of Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General, CD-ROM (2004)
This report on the health effects of smoking provides a startling picture of the damage to health caused by tobacco use. Smoking injures almost every organ in the body; tragically, such injury often leads to incurable disease and death. This report also addresses changes in the cigarette and whether these changes present increased risks to smokers. The comprehensive review process that is the foundation of this series of reports has found new causal associations of smoking with disease.
099-7841
The Health Consequences of Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General, Executive Summary (2004)
This report on the health effects of smoking provides a startling picture of the health damage caused by tobacco use. Smoking injures almost every organ in the body; tragically, such injury often leads to incurable disease and death. This executive summary provides an overview of the full report and highlights the conclusions and findings.
099-7830
The Health Consequences of Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General: 1972
This report reviews the relation between cigarette smoking and cardiovascular disease, non-neoplastic bronchopulmonary disease, cancer, pregnancy, and gastrointestinal disorders. The report presents the science-based evidence regarding these relations.
099-7007
The Health Consequences of Smoking: Selected Chapters from 1971 through 1975 (1976)
This reference report contains selected chapters of previous reports to Congress of summations of known health hazards from smoking, i.e., cardiovascular disease, cancer, and respiratory disease. An overview of the 1975 report is followed by chapters on cardiovascular disease; chronic obstructive bronchopulmonary disease; cancer; pregnancy; peptic ulcer disease; involuntary smoking; allergy; tobacco amblyopia; pipes and cigars; exercise performance; and harmful constituents of cigarette smoke. The consensus of scientific evidence is that risk of disease is dose-related and reduction of tars and nicotine intake reduces harmful effects.
099-7010
The Health Consequences of Smoking: What It Means to You (2004)
This four-color, easy-to-read summary of the Health Consequences of Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General was developed for the public. This document explains what the report says and what it means to you. Smoking harms nearly every organ of the body, causing many diseases and reducing the health of smokers in general and often leads to incurable disease and death.
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The Health Consequences of Smoking—Nicotine Addiction: A Report of the Surgeon General (1988)
This report examines the scientific evidence that cigarettes and other forms of tobacco are addicting. The report concludes that many smokers have great difficulty in quitting due to the addicting properties of nicotine, which is present in all forms of tobacco.
099-3533
The Health Consequences of Using Smokeless Tobacco: A Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General (1986)
This report on The Health Consequences of Using Smokeless Tobacco completes the Public Health Service’s initial examination of smokeless tobacco’s role in the causation of cancer, noncancerous and precancerous oral diseases or conditions, addiction, and other adverse health effects. Almost 30 years after the Public Health Service’s first statement on the health effects of cigarette smoking, it is now possible to issue the first comprehensive, in-depth review of the relationship between smokeless tobacco use and health.
099-7004
The Health Consequences Smoking — Cancer and Chronic Lung Disease in the Workplace: A Report of the Surgeon General (1985)
This is the 1985 Report of the Surgeon General regarding the health consequences of smoking, including cancer and chronic lung disease in the workplace. The report provides a detailed review of the relationship between smoking and hazardous substances in the workplace. The added health burden for workers who smoke cigarettes is particularly disturbing, and for some, the burden is substantial.
099-7413
The Tobacco-Free Sports Playbook: Pitching Healthy Lifestyles to Youth, Teams, and Communities  
This guide is filled with information and examples of successful tobacco-free policies, media campaigns utilizing celebrity athletes, and education programs to help kids say "No" to tobacco and "Yes" to better health. This easy-to-read guide was created to provide creative and effective ways to incorporate sports and physical activity programs into tobacco-free activities.
099-6994
There's No Such Thing as A No Smoking Section (Flat Poster)
This glossy–color poster communicates that no amount of secondhand smoke exposure is safe and lists ways in which people may be exposed to secondhand smoke and not realize it. Eliminating exposure indoors is the only way to adequately protect yourself. Ventilation and filtration will not protect you—neither will simply sitting in a no–smoking section. This is a flat poster.
099-8572
There's No Such Thing as A No Smoking Section (Folded Poster)
This glossy–color poster communicates that no amount of secondhand smoke exposure is safe and lists ways in which people may be exposed to secondhand smoke and not realize it. Eliminating exposure indoors is the only way to adequately protect yourself. Ventilation and filtration will not protect you—neither will simply sitting in a no–smoking section. This is a flat poster.
099-8589
Tobacco Control Countries Profiles 2003
The report features a comprehensive compilation of statistical information about the world's most signifcant cancer risk factor: tobacco use.
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Tobacco or Health: Status in the Americas: A Report of the Pan-American Health Organization
This document comprises individual reports on smoking and health for nations, territories, and other political entities in the region of the Americas. The purpose of this Report was to compile available information on tobacco use, tobacco-related disease, and tobacco-use prevention and control efforts for each of these political entities as of late 1990. It is intended to accompany the 1992 report of the U.S. Surgeon General, entitled Smoking and Health in the Americas, that was prepared by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in collaboration with the Pan-American Health Organization.
099-6998
Tobacco Use Among U.S. Racial/Ethnic Minority Groups: A Report of the Surgeon General (1998)
This report is the first in the 34-year history of Surgeon General's studies on tobacco and health to focus on tobacco use among ethnic and racial minorities.
099-4863
Tobacco Use Prevention Media Campaigns: Lesson Learned from Youth in Nine Countries
The most successful youth tobacco use prevention mass media campaigns are those that are part of a comprehensive tobacco control program and that include ads with negative emotional appeal, include new information about health risks, feature multiple message strategies and channels, have sufficient air time, and incorporate all stages of evaluation.
099-8376
Tony Hawk "Be tobacco free!"
Pro-skateboarder Tony Hawk, who started the extreme sports movement, has turned away big-money offers from tobacco companies. This poster featuring Hawk in action clearly demonstrates that this mega sports star would rather use his celebrity status to teach kids about the dangers of using tobacco. This is a folded poster.
099-7079
Torri Hunter Poster - (FOLDED Poster)
This poster features baseball star Torii Hunter, center fielder for the Minnesota Twins and a five-time Gold Glove winner, promoting an anti-spit tobacco message. Torii is a superb role model for young people and is encouraging them to be tobacco free and to use physical activity as a healthy alternative. This is a folded poster.
099-8377
Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence - Quick Reference Guide for Clinicians
This quick reference guide summarizes treatment strategies outlined in the Public Health Service-sponsored clinical practice guideline, Treating Tobacco Use Dependence. The guide is intended to help clinicians identify and assess tobacco users and implement effective tobacco dependence interventions.
099-7649
Usted puede dejar de fumar: Guia del consumidor"
This booklet provides helpful information for people who want to quit smoking. The booklet explains the best ways to quit and how to quit for good. All the information in this booklet is based on scientific research about what will give the smoker the best chances of quitting.
099-6503
What You(th) Should Know About Tobacco
This tip (fact) sheet is an easy resource to communicate common sense about avoiding tobacco use. This creatively designed one-pager is easily reproduced and is written to appeal to the interests of young people without preaching to them.
099-5956
Within 20 Minutes of Quitting...
This glossy color poster features what happens within 20 minutes after smokers inhale that last cigarette. Their bodies begin a series of changes that continue for years. Among these health improvements are a drop in heart rate; improved circulation; and reduced risk for heart attack, lung cancer, and stroke. This is a folded poster.
099-7863
Women and Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General (2001)
This report provides a composite overview of smoking and health issues among woman and girls in the United States. The report summarizes tobacco use patterns among women, factors associated with starting and continuing to smoke, the health consequences of smoking, tobacco marketing targeted at women, and cessation and prevention interventions.
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Women and Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General, (2001) - Kit
This kit contains one copy of the full report, executive summary, and At-A-Glance. The report provides a composite overview of smoking and health issues among woman and girls in the United States. The report summarizes tobacco use patterns among women, factors associated with starting and continuing to smoke, the health consequences of smoking, tobacco marketing targeted at women, and cessation and prevention interventions.
099-6818
Women and Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General, At-A-Glance
This report provides a composite overview of smoking and health issues among women and girls in the United States. The At-A-Glance version of the report summarizes the major conclusions of the Surgeon General's Report.
099-6817
Women and Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General, CD-ROM (2001)
This report provides a composite overview of smoking and health issues among women and girls in the United States. The report summarizes tobacco use patterns among women, factors associated with starting and continuing to smoke, the health consequences of smoking, tobacco marketing targeted at women, and cessation and prevention interventions.
099-6819
Women and Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General, Executive Summary (2001)
This report provides a composite overview of smoking and health issues among woman and girls in the United States. The executive summary version of the report is a technical publication that includes excerpts from the complete report.
099-6816
You Can Quit Smoking: A Consumer Guide
This booklet provides helpful information for people who want to quit smoking. The booklet explains the best ways to quit and how to quit for good. All the information in this booklet is based on scientific research about what will give the smoker the best chances of quitting.
099-6491
Youth Tobacco Cessation — A Guide for Making Informed Decisions
This document is intended to help organizations decide whether to undertake youth tobacco-use cessation as a specific tobacco control activity. The publication covers topics such as the quality of the evidence base for youth intervention, the importance of conducting a needs assessment for the population your organization serves, and the need to evaluate your chosen intervention.
099-7923

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