February 2012
- National Burn Awareness Week
- Valentine's Day
- Through With Chew Week
Love Your Heart
To reach smokers and to help tobacco control programs and organizations reach smokers, CDC has developed resources that tap into the heartfelt holiday of Valentine’s Day and February’s status as American Heart Month to drive home the importance of smoking cessation to cardiovascular health.
Resources for Tobacco Prevention and Control
The following products and resources are available to help encourage smokers in your community to quit now.
- Feature Article
Love Your Heart
This article encourages smokers to quit and provides friends and family members of smokers with information and resources to encourage the smokers in their lives to quit for good. - eCards
Valentine's Day eCard #1
Valentine's Day eCard #2 (animated)
These e-cards encourage smokers to quit for heart health. - Buttons
Be a Smoke-Free Valentine
Love Your Heart
States and partners can upload these buttons to their Web sites to help promote the Valentine's Day cessation message and to link users to related content on this Web site.
Support to Quit
The following free resources are available to help smokers quit.
- 1-800-QUIT-NOW (1-800-784-8669; TTY 1-800-332-8615).
Smokers can get free support and advice from experienced counselors, a personalized quit plan, self-help materials, the latest information about cessation medications, and more. - smokefree.gov
This Web site provides free, accurate, evidence-based information and professional assistance to help support the immediate and long-term needs of people trying to quit smoking.
Contact Us:
- CDC/Office on Smoking and Health
4770 Buford Highway
MS K-50
Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3717 - 800-CDC-INFO
(800-232-4636)
TTY: (888) 232-6348
8am–8pm ET
Monday–Friday
Closed Holidays - tobaccoinfo@cdc.gov
