Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable disease, disability and death in the United States. Based on 2021 data:
| U.S. adults who smoke cigarettes | about 28.3 million |
| People living with at least one smoking-caused disease | over 16 million |
| Nonsmokers exposed to secondhand smoke | 58 million |
CDC leads the national effort against the deaths and chronic diseases tobacco causes, through its Office on Smoking and Health (OSH).
Mission, vision and goals
Mission: to end commercial tobacco use and exposure, giving everyone, in every community, a fair chance to live free of the disease, disability, death and social and economic harm tobacco causes.
Vision: a world free of commercial tobacco–related disease, disability and death.
Goals
- Stop young people and young adults from starting.
- Help adults and youth quit.
- End exposure to secondhand smoke.
- Advance health equity by finding and ending tobacco-related disparities.
How OSH works
With local, state, national and international partners, OSH works to:
- grow the science of what works in tobacco control;
- build lasting capacity for comprehensive tobacco control programs;
- get timely information to the public and policymakers;
- coordinate policy, partnerships and strategy;
- support global tobacco control through surveillance, capacity building and sharing information.
Key activities
| Activity | Reach |
|---|---|
| Tobacco prevention and control programs | all 50 states, D.C., 8 U.S. territories or jurisdictions and 26 tribes or tribal organizations |
| Quitlines and cessation services | 50 states, 2 territories and Washington, D.C., plus the national quitline network |
| Public education | paid media campaigns such as Tips From Former Smokers |
| Surveillance, laboratory and evaluation work | tobacco use and its effects on health |
| Reducing disparities | 8 national networks focused on specific populations |
| Health systems | better cessation insurance coverage, fewer barriers to proven treatments |
| Coordination | the Interagency Committee on Smoking and Health |
| Global surveillance | tracking the worldwide tobacco epidemic — funded through the CDC Foundation by the Bloomberg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation |
More: About the Office on Smoking and Health · National Tobacco Control Program funding · State fact sheets.
Free help to quit
| Quitline | 1-800-QUIT-NOW (1-800-784-8669) |
| Español | 1-855-DÉJELO-YA (1-855-335-3569) |
| 中文 | 1-800-838-8917 |
| 한국어 | 1-800-556-5564 |
| Tiếng Việt | 1-800-778-8440 |
| Text | QUITNOW to 333888 (message and data rates may apply) |
| Online | CDC: Quit Smoking · Smokefree.gov · Asian Smokers' Quitline |
Sources
Based on "Office on Smoking and Health (OSH)," Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; a work of the United States government in the public domain.
Licence: CC0 1.0 (public domain) · Adapted from www.cdc.gov
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