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November 20 is the Great American Smokeout

It's never too late to quit.

- Smokers who quit before the age of 50 cut their risk of dying in the next 15 years in half compared with those who continue to smoke.

- Smoking, on average, reduces life expectancy by approximately 14 years.

- Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death for both men and women.

CDC: Preventing Chronic Disease
Fresh Perspectives       Lessons Learned From a Binational Survey to Examine Women's Health Status in the US-Mexico Border Region       Improving Ways to Generate and Use Local Data to Create and Strengthen Binational Programs       Reproductive Health Surveillance in the US-Mexico Border Region: Beyond the Border (and Into the Future)       The Past, Present, and Future of Reproductive Health Surveillance in the US-Mexico Border Region       Exchanging Information About Reproductive and Sexual Health on the US-Mexico Border: A Good Example of Collaboration       Mortality Patterns in the West Bank, Palestinian Territories, 1999-2003       Validation of the Spanish Translation of the Patient Assessment of Chronic Illness Care (PACIC) Survey       Screening High School Students for Eating Disorders: Results of a National Initiative       Identifying Adolescent Metabolic Syndrome Using Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference       Cervical Cancer Screening Among Women Who Gave Birth in the US-Mexico Border Region, 2005: The Brownsville-Matamoros Sister City Project for Women's Health       Attempted Breastfeeding Before Hospital Discharge on Both Sides of the US-Mexico Border, 2005: The Brownsville-Matamoros Sister City Project for Women's Health       A New Evaluation Tool to Obtain Practice-Based Evidence of Worksite Health Promotion Programs       Strategies of Asian, Hispanic, and Non-Hispanic White Parents to Influence Young Adolescents' Intake of Calcium-Rich Foods, 2004 and 2005       Characteristics of Young Women Who Gave Birth in the US-Mexico Border Region, 2005: The Brownsville-Matamoros Sister City Project for Women's Health       Prenatal HIV Testing in the US-Mexico Border Region, 2005: The Brownsville-Matamoros Sister City Project for Women's Health       Promising Practices in Promotion of Healthy Weight at Small and Medium-Sized US Worksites       Assessing Retail Fruit and Vegetable Availability in Urban and Rural Underserved Communities       Exploring the Feasibility of Combining Chronic Disease Patient Registry Data to Monitor the Status of Diabetes Care       Enforcement of State Indoor Tanning Laws in the United States       Reproductive Health Surveillance in the US-Mexico Border Region, 2003-2006: The Brownsville-Matamoros Sister City Project for Women's Health       Effectiveness of a Multifactorial Cardiovascular Risk Reduction Clinic for Diabetes Patients with Depression       Prior Contraceptive Use Among Women Who Gave Birth in the US-Mexico Border Region, 2005: The Brownsville-Matamoros Sister City Project for Women's Health       Assessing the Professional Development Needs of Public Health Educators in Light of Changing Competencies       Awareness, Use, and Perceptions of Low-Carbohydrate Diets       Objective Physical Activity Accumulation in Bouts and Nonbouts and Relation to Markers of Obesity in US Adults       A Policy and Environmental Response to Overweight in Childhood: The Impact of Gold Medal Schools       Internet-Based Morbidity and Mortality Surveillance Among Hurricane Katrina Evacuees in Georgia       The National Diabetes Education Program Evaluation Framework: How to Design an Evaluation of a Multifaceted Public Health Education Program       Worms and Germs, Drink and Dementia: US Health, Society, and Policy in the Early 20th Century       Mental Health Care in the African-American Community       Health Care Reform Now! A Prescription for Change       Erratum, Vol 5: Issue 3       Erratum, Vol 5: Issue 3       Erratum, Vol 5: Issue 3       

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