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'Tips From Former Smokers' ads will end in September after 13 years The ads encouraged millions to give up tobacco and helped more than a million succeed Public health experts warn ending the ads ...

A man’s breathing is so tortured from emphysema it takes him more than a minute to speak a word. Another is paralyzed from a stroke. Others have had limbs amputated, lungs removed, and heart attacks.

(AP) Health officials say a graphic new anti-smoking campaign led to a doubling of calls to a toll-free number that helps people quit cigarettes. Calls to 1-800-QUIT-NOW totaled more than 33,000 last ...

ATLANTA -- In a graphic new ad campaign announced Thursday, the government is trying to shock smokers into quitting with the sometimes-gruesome stories of people damaged by tobacco products. The new ...

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention's "Tips From Former Smokers" ads are set to stop at the end of September. For 13 years, these tough and honest commercials told real stories about the ...

The campaign saved billions of dollars in health care costs by preventing smoking-related illnesses. HealthDay News — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will stop airing its “Tips ...

Research shows the campaign led to millions of attempts to stop smoking and more than 1 million long-term quits between 2012 and 2023. HealthDay News — The US Centers for Disease Control and ...