Introduction
			Getting Started
			Effective  Antitobacco  Presentations
			Slides/Notes
			Patient Testimonial
			Surgeon General  Report 2001
			Surgeon General  Report 2006
			Closing The Loop
			Resources

Why Make the Choice: Tobacco or Health?

Tobacco use has the single largest impact on the health of Americans today. Your use of the Make the Choice: Tobacco or Health? can help to make a positive difference in the health of hundreds of thousands of women and children.

You can help to change the alarming statistics by getting involved and presenting the facts reflected in the slides and slide notes about the impact of smoking on the health of women and children. These facts obliterate the myths that entice children and teens to use tobacco.

Breaking through the misinformation can be difficult, but, with the information and tools provided in Make the Choice: Tobacco or Health?, these obstacles will be easier to overcome.

You can also widen your sphere of influence by making presentations to your colleagues in the health professions who have the ability to influence and effect change: other physicians, nurses, pulmonary rehabilitation specialists, and health educators. Talk to your legislators and the media. Your contribution can make a difference!

The collection of slides and materials that compose Make the Choice: Tobacco or Health? has been designed to help you in your community leadership role as a health professional or antitobacco advocate. With it you can:

• Alert women and children to the dangers of smoking and other tobacco use.
• Promote the prevention and cessation of tobacco use, especially in girls and women.
• Involve your professional colleagues in the effort and encourage them to develop tobacco prevention and/or cessation programs for their patients.