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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), through its Office on Smoking and Health (OSH), is the lead federal agency for comprehensive tobacco prevention and control.
Website: http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco
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Latest Activity: Dec 7, 2011
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Vital Signs on Adult Smoking
Started by CDC Tobacco Free Sep 7, 2011. 0 Replies 0 Awesomes
CDC Vital Signs materials released on September 6 show that expanded efforts are needed to reduce adult smoking. Although the percentage of American adults who smoke has decreased since 2005, nearly one in five adults smoke, and large disparities…Continue
Tags: disparities, states, communities, tobacco, smoking
Aging Effects of Smoking
Started by CDC Tobacco Free Jul 11, 2011. 0 Replies 0 Awesomes
Want to look and feel younger? In the summertime, many people protect their skin from the harmful effects of too much sun. Did you know that smoking also prematurely ages the skin?…Continue
Smoke-Free Outdoors
Started by CDC Tobacco Free Jul 7, 2011. 0 Replies 0 Awesomes
Make Park and Recreation Month memorable by enjoying the smoke-free outdoors. Air that’s free of tobacco smoke helps you stay healthy and active. Take the steps you need to enjoy outdoor activities this summer.…Continue
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Started by CDC Tobacco Free Jul 5, 2011. 0 Replies 0 Awesomes
Interested in other ways to stay connected to CDC Tobacco Free news and views? Visit our “Stay Connected” Web page to subscribe to our RSS Feed, like us…Continue
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Comment by James A. Miller Jr. on December 7, 2011 at 3:03pm -
I'm true-believer. I quit age 26. My great grandfather, James Anderson Woollen, buried Old Salem, N.C., was prizery manager of the Ogden & Hill Tobacco Company when it was larger than R.J.R. When I was in the ILA, port of Morehead City, N.C., I had the tobacco hogshead re-cooper gang. We repaired the fork-lift damged 950-pounds barrels of brightleaf tobacco shipped to the Japanese Tobacco Monopoly. We fumigated the leaf with chemicals to kill the bugs. Ditto, when we stacked in-bound "Turkish" (Greek, Yugoslavian, etc.) 110-pound burlap wrapped bales on narrow pallets; we placed them in a warehouse and fumigated them with poison for about one day. I asked a tobacco company supervisor; was the company worried about being sued? No, they had lobbied Congress to pass a law, mandating it. Immunity!
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