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Smoking harms moms and their unborn children Indiana is one of the worst states in the nation when it comes to maternal smoking. 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 »
BRIEF SECONDHAND SMOKE EXPOSURE CAN CAUSE BLOOD VESSEL AND STEM CELL DAMAGE IN 30 MINUTES A 30-minute exposure to the level of secondhand smoke that one might normally inhale in an average bar setting was enough to result in blood vessel injury in young and otherwise healthy lifelong nonsmokers. More »
Smokers with Stroke in the Family 6 Times More Likely to Have Stroke Too People who smoked and had a family history of stroke were more than six times more likely to suffer a stroke. More »
CDC: Smoking-Attributable Mortality and Years of Potential Life Lost, by State -- More »

Several government agencies also have information on the dangers of smoking.

Office on Smoking and Health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Mail Stop K-50
4770 Buford Highway, NE
Atlanta, GA 30341-3724
800-CDC-1311
Website: www.cdc.gov/tobacco

National Cancer Institute
Bethesda, MD 20892
Cancer Information Service
800-4-CANCER
Website: www.cancer.gov

Smoking Quitline
1-877-44U-QUIT
Website: www.smokefree.gov

Indiana Tobacco Prevention & Cessation Coalition
150 West Market Street
Suite 406
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Website: www.in.gov/itpc

American Heart Association
National Center
7272 Greenville Avenue
Dallas, TX 75231
800-AHA-USA1
Website: www.americanheart.org

American Lung Association
61 Broadway, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10006
800-LUNG-USA
Website: www.lungusa.org