be smoke free!

I love this FDA initiative and I would like to spread around the world!

Quitting Smoking Saves Lives


More than 1,200 people a day are killed by cigarettes in the United States alone. Smoking is the cause of death for nearly one out of every five people in the United States, which is more than 440,000 deaths annually.


Smoking causes coronary heart disease and strokes, the first and third leading causes of death in the United States. Cigarette smokers are 2–4 times more likely to develop coronary heart disease than nonsmokers. Even secondhand smoke exposure causes heart disease and lung cancer in nonsmoking adults.


Quitting at any age and at any time is beneficial. It's never too late to quit, but the sooner the better. Quitting gives your body a chance to heal the damage caused by smoking. When smokers quit, the risk for a heart attack drops sharply after just 1 year; stroke risk can fall to about the same as a nonsmoker’s after 2-5 years; risks for cancer of the mouth, throat, esophagus, and bladder are cut in half after 5 years; and the risk for dying of lung cancer drops by half after 10 years.

Heart Healthy Tips

Please consider these heart health benefits of living smoke free and:

If you smoke, commit to be smoke free.

Encourage and support your friends and loved ones

Use the resources below to set a quit date and quit.

Join the Millions who Live Smoke Free

While quitting smoking can be difficult, you can increase your chance of success with help. Please visit our federal partners’ quitting resources for free, evidence-based information and support:



1-800-QUIT-NOW: A free, phone-based service with educational materials and coaches that can help you quit smoking or chewing tobacco.

Valentine’s Day Feature1: CDC’s Valentine's guide to a smoke-free, healthy heart.

Smoking Cessation2: CDC 2012 feature on quitting smoking this year.

Smokefree.gov3: The federal site dedicated to helping you quit.

Teen.Smokefree.gov4: The federal site dedicated to helping Tweens quit.

Smokefree QuitGuide App5: An app for your smartphone developed by the National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute.

Quit Tobacco6 7: Make Everyone Proud: For military personnel and their families.

Quit Smoking8: Guides to help you quit smoking.

Tobacco Cessation9: You Can Quit Smoking Now!: From the Surgeon General.

You Can Quit Smoking10: CDC consumer guide.



Carol




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