January 2012
- New Year Resolution
- New Year Quit Kits
- Tobacco Free Awareness Week
Make 2012 Your Year to Quit Smoking
It is the most important New Year's resolution you may ever make.
Many smokers use the New Year's holiday as motivation to quit. In an effort to reach smokers and to help tobacco control programs and organizations reach smokers, CDC has developed resources that tap into the tradition of setting New Year’s resolutions to encourage smokers to quit.
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
Make 2012 Your Year to Quit Smoking
This article encourages smokers to make a New Year's resolution 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. - eCard
2012: Your Year to Quit
This animated e-card encourages smokers to make a New Year's resolution to quit. - Button
Your Year to Quit
States and partners can upload this button to their Web sites to help promote the New Year's cessation message and to link users to related content on this Web site. - Related Products
Media Campaign Resource Center (MCRC) Savings Available for You
As a friendly reminder, grantees are encouraged to take advantage of MCRC ads that currently are in cycle, many of which promote cessation. Doing so can save thousands of dollars in production costs and talent fees.
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 and women.smokefree.gov
These Web sites provide 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
