NAQC Newsroom: Tobacco Control

CDC's Announcement on 2019 Year of Cessation!

Thursday, January 17, 2019  
Posted by: Natalia Gromov
Happy New Year! Over the past decade, quitlines have played a key role in helping smokers quit. Here is the U.S., state quitlines have received about 1 million calls each year and have provided evidence-based cessation services to nearly half a million smokers annually. In 2019, we have an opportunity to do even more to help smokers quit by partnering with CDC, other national organizations as well as local organizations in activities that support 2019 as the Year of Cessation. To kick off 2019 as the Year of Cessation, CDC launched a new information page that contains strategies, resources, and success stories for smokers interested in quitting smoking in 2019.
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