Posts By Carolyn Henry

Celebrate Moms for Being Smoke Free!

This Mother’s Day, we encourage you to congratulate and give the gift of thanks to those mothers who have quit smoking and to offer support to those who are trying to quit. Beatrice, a mom who successfully quit smoking, shares why motherhood motivated her to quit for good: “When my son was 11, he wroteRead… Read more »

Tobacco Control State Highlights 2010

At 5:30 p.m. CDT, CDC Director Dr. Thomas Frieden and HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius presented a new CDC report, Tobacco Control State Highlights 2010, at the Association of Health Care Journalists’ annual conference in Chicago. This important resource provides a state-by-state snapshot of tobacco use prevention and control efforts throughout the nation and highlights high-impact,Read… Read more »