04/13/2026
To***co use is the leading cause of preventable death, disease and disability in the United States, killing nearly half a million people each year.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Office on Smoking and Health (OSH) is the federal government’s main office responsible for preventing and reducing to***co use. OSH leads national efforts to prevent kids from starting to use to***co and ni****ne products, reduce exposure to secondhand smoke and help people quit for good.
State and local health departments rely on OSH for funding, expertise and support to run to***co prevention programs in their communities.
Last year, OSH was effectively dismantled. Nearly all staff were terminated, and key to***co prevention activities were disrupted. As a result:
The impactful Tips from Former Smokers campaign was terminated;
Funding for state to***co control programs was stalled for months; and
Key public health research and reporting on to***co use slowed down.
These disruptions threaten decades of progress in reducing to***co use and create an opening for the to***co industry to ramp up to***co use across the country.
Congress must restore and fully staff CDC’s OSH so state programs have the support they need, comprehensive to***co use data collection can resume and proven programs to reduce to***co-related lung disease can move forward.
Join us in telling Congress to fully staff and restore the Office on Smoking and Health.
Urge your members of Congress to fully staff and restore the Office on Smoking and Health so we can better address to***co-related lung disease
