ActionToQuit Updates

U.S. Smoking Rates Drop to Historic Lows: CDC January 17, 2014 Less than 20 percent of Americans still smoke cigarettes—a breakthrough called a “milestone” Thursday by federal health officials. Read more.http://actiontoquit.org/news/u.s.-smoking-rates-drop-to-historic-lows-cdc/

Smoking Causes Diabetes, Colon Cancer, New Report Says January 17, 2014 A new report from the surgeon general finds that smoking causes even more physical and financial damage than previously estimated. Read more. http://actiontoquit.org/news/smoking-causes-diabetes-colon-cancer-new-report-says/

Chicago Bans Indoor Electronic Cigarette Smoking January 16, 2014 E-cigarettes will join regular smokes and other tobacco products as forbidden in most indoor public places in Chicago after aldermen today passed a measure backed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel to restrict where electronic cigarettes can be used and how they can be sold. Read more.http://actiontoquit.org/news/chicago-bans-indoor-electronic-cigarette-smoking/

50 Years of Progress Cuts Smoking Rates in Half — but Can We Ever Get to Zero? January 16, 2014 Nearly 2,000 teenagers take up the habit every day and tobacco companies advertise candy-flavored tobacco products with impunity. Is it possible this is the best the United States will ever do? Read more. http://actiontoquit.org/news/50-years-of-progress-cuts-smoking-rates-in-half-but-can-we-ever-get-to-zero/

Media Literacy Promising for Anti-Smoking Education January 15, 2014 Teaching teens to see through pro-tobacco messages in the media may be better at preventing youth smoking than just saying no, according to new research. Read more. http://actiontoquit.org/news/media-literacy-promising-for-anti-smoking-education/

U.S. Senators Slam ‘Glamorization’ of E-Cigarettes at Golden Globes January 15, 2014 A group of U.S. senators is taking the Golden Globes to task for showing celebrities puffing on electronic cigarettes at this year’s awards show, complaining such depictions glamorize smoking. Read more.http://actiontoquit.org/news/u.s.-senators-slam-glamorization-of-e-cigarettes-at-golden-globes/

 E-Cigarette Use Spreading Among Youths January 14, 2014 The first-ever study of electronic cigarette use among youths found that smoking is on the rise. Read more.http://actiontoquit.org/news/e-cigarette-use-spreading-among-youths/

100 Years Of Smoking Studies In Popular Science January 14, 2014 Fifty years ago tomorrow, then-U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry held a press conference announcing that, among other ills, smoking caused lung cancer. Read more.http://actiontoquit.org/news/100-years-of-smoking-studies-in-popular-science/

Deal Reached on Tobacco Firm Corrective Statements January 13, 2014 The nation’s tobacco companies and the federal government have reached an agreement on publishing corrective statements that say the companies lied about the dangers of smoking. Read more.http://actiontoquit.org/news/Deal-Reached-on-Tobacco-Firm-Corrective-Statements/

Smoking as a Major Public Health Problem January 13, 2014 It’s been 50 years since the U.S. Surgeon General issued a groundbreaking report on the dangers of smoking. Read more. http://actiontoquit.org/news/smoking-as-a-major-public-health-problem/