The National Medical Association (NMA) is excited to support the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) 2023 Tips From Former Smokers® (Tips®) campaign. CDC estimates that 16.4 million people who smoke have attempted to quit and one million people have successfully quit because of the Tips® campaign.
The campaign shares stories of real people living with the serious long-term health effects from smoking and secondhand smoke exposure.
Starting on March 6, Tips® campaign ads were placed on broadcast and cable TV, streaming audio, and digital and social media channels including CDC Tobacco Free on Facebook and Twitter. Throughout this year, the NMA will be sharing Tips® campaign information, materials, and smoking cessation resources with its members.
Many patients of NMA members have already seen Tips® ads. Our physicians can expand the impact of these ads by using CDC’s campaign tools, materials, and resources in their patient interactions and, in so doing, providing the motivation, reasons, and resources to quit.
Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of death and disease in the United States. Cigarette smoking alone kills more than 480,000 Americans each year. And for every person who dies because of smoking, at least 30 people live with a serious smoking-related illness. The Tips® campaign seeks to address health disparities in pursuit of health equity by increasing the reach, representation, receptivity, and accessibility of smoking cessation messages. Tips® also increases awareness of free quit-smoking resources among adults.
The National Medical Association is committed to supporting smoking cessation, reducing health disparities related to commercial tobacco use, and advancing health equity. For more information about the Tips® campaign please visit, CDC.gov/Tips.
| Why This Matters |
“Smoking doesn’t just kill; it can disable, disfigure, and rob people who smoke of their independence. By providing information, resources, and motivation, the Tips®campaign has proven to be highly effective in helping people across the country quit smoking.” – Deirdre Lawrence Kittner, PhD, MPH, Director of CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health |
