CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - What can be done to help prevent smokers and nonsmokers from getting more than 12 cancers associated with tobacco use and secondhand smoke?

What

Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of cancer and cancer deaths. Cancers linked to tobacco use make up 40% of all cancers diagnosed. According to this new CDC Vital Signs report, more than 1 million tobacco-related cancer deaths have been avoided since 1990. However, not all states or all people have seen the same benefits.

Who

CDC Director Tom Frieden, M.D., M.P.H.

When

Thursday, November 10, at 12 p.m. ET

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Transcript
A transcript of this media availability will be available following the briefing at CDC’s web site: www.cdc.gov/media.

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES