This Iconic PSA Helped 1 Million People Quit Smoking. The CDC Just Killed It

This iconic PSA helped 1 million people quit smoking. The CDC just killed it

Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the U.S., but a long-standing and effective anti-smoking ad campaign that brought that number down is now ending. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s “Tips From Former Smokers” ads will stop airing at the end of September due to a reorganization that eliminates or reassigns the agency’s work on chronic disease, according to CBS News, which first reported the ad campaign’s upc…

Quit-smoking ads are being put out

If you've ever turned on the TV to see a harrowing story of a person with a hole in their throat warning against the dangers of smoking, you witnessed an ad by the Tips From Former Smokers campaign. The ads from this government-funded anti-smoking media effort were as effective as they were scary, prompting millions of Americans to try to quit smoking. But recent government funding cuts have chopped the Tips from Former Smokers campaign, which w…