Smoking Cessation: A Report of the Surgeon General

Last week, the Surgeon General Released the first report focused on smoking cessation in 30 years.

In addition to discussing the immediate and long-term health and economic benefits of smoking cessation at the individual and societal levels, this report presents updated findings on nicotine addiction and genetic factors that may impact smoking behaviors. Finally, the report discusses the wide variety of clinical and population-based interventions that have been scientifically shown to effectively increase smoking cessation.

For more information, please visit the following websites:

https://www.hhs.gov/surgeongeneral/reports-and-publications/tobacco/index.html

https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/sgr/2020-smoking-cessation/index.html