Majority of Employers Believe They Should Help Employees Quit Smoking Employers ranked smoking among their top three employee health priorities along with high blood pressure and obesity, according to a new survey. More »   Smokefree Workplace Resources Due to the health and economic benefits of providing a smokefree workplace, employers are proactively addressing the issue More »   What Smoking Costs Employers Employees who smoke cost businesses an average of $1,429 per smoker per year. Offering employees assistance in their efforts to quit smoking is a great investment. More »   Majority of Employers Believe They Should Help Employees Quit Smoking Employers ranked smoking among their top three employee health priorities along with high blood pressure and obesity, according to a new survey. More »   Smokefree Workplace Resources Due to the health and economic benefits of providing a smokefree workplace, employers are proactively addressing the issue More »   What Smoking Costs Employers Employees who smoke cost businesses an average of $1,429 per smoker per year. Offering employees assistance in their efforts to quit smoking is a great investment. More »   Smoking ups risk of Alzheimer's disease for 65 and older More »   CDC: Smoking-Attributable Mortality and Years of Potential Life Lost, by State -- More »   Maternal smoking associated with risk factors for children Women with low education should be the target of public health efforts toward reducing tobacco use. More »   Child cancer link to smoking 'close' A new study links low birth weight, premature birth and newborn admission to intensive care -- all more common in the children of smokers -- with as much as a five-fold increase in childhood cancer. More »   Effects of maternal smoking during pregnancy on newborn neurobehavior Infants of mothers who smoked during pregnancy showed greater need for handling and worse self-regulation and trended toward greater excitability and arousal relative to matched, unexposed infants. More »   Indiana African Americans and Smoking This fact sheet shows data specifically related to African Americans and smoking habits, health risks, and attitudes about smoking and second-hand smoke. More »   Cutting Back Doesn't Help Smokers' Health Even smokers who cut their cigarette consumption in half in a bid to improve their health tend to die early. More »   DNA Damage from Smoking Causes Breast Cancer New research shows cigarette smoke prevents breast cells from repairing their DNA, leading to cancer growth. More »   Smoking Can Lead to Blindness A new study shows that smokers have a two-to-three times higher risk of developing age-related macular degeneration compared to nonsmokers. More »   Smoking harms moms and their unborn children Indiana is one of the worst states in the nation when it comes to maternal smoking. More »   Smoking Can Lead to Erectile Dysfunction Men who smoke a pack a day have a 60% higher risk of erectile dysfunction than nonsmokers. More »   Smoking and Cardiovascular Disease Cigarette smoking is a major cause of coronary heart disease. More »   Emphysema and Chronic Bronchitis Caused by Smoking 75% of deaths from COPD that occur in developed countries are directly related to smoking tobacco. More »

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