CDC Media Advisory-CDC launches powerful new ads in “Tips From Former Smokers” campaign

Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Media Advisory   For Immediate Release                                                                       Tuesday, March 24, 2015                                                                                             Contact: CDC Media Relations (404) 639-3286    CDC launches powerful new ads in “Tips From Former Smokers” campaign    WHAT:          CDC will host a media briefing to reveal its next installment of the successful Tips From Former Smokers campaign, featuring former smokers who suffer from smoking-related illnesses, including vision loss and colorectal cancer. Ads also highlight the benefits of quitting for loved ones and the importance of quitting cigarettes completely, not just cutting down. The Tips national tobacco education campaign first launched in March 2012 and has since helped prompt millions of smokers to try to quit.   WHO:             CDC Director Tom Frieden, M.D., M.P.H. Tim McAfee, M.D., M.P.H., senior medical officer, CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health Tips From Former Smokers campaign ad participants   WHEN:          Thursday, March 26, 2015, at 12:35 p.m. (ET)                         Content embargoed until 12:01 a.m. ET, March 26, 2015    WHERE:       Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Tom Harkin Global Communications Center (Building 19), Press Room 1600 Clifton Road NE Atlanta, GA 30329   Reporters who wish to attend the media briefing in person should RSVP no later than 9:00 a.m. (ET), Thursday, March 26.  Please contact CDC’s press office at media@cdc.gov or 404-639-3286 to RSVP.  Reporters who RSVP will be guaranteed access.    For directions to CDC, please visit http://www.cdc.gov/museum/visitor.htm    SATELLITE FEED: Date: Thursday, March 26, 2015 Time: 11:45-2:15 EST (10:45-1:15 PM) CT: Video Format: 720p Satellite: (KU-Band digital) Galaxy 17: Trans: 13: slot A Bandwidth: 9 MHz DL Freq: 11946.5 Horizontal FEC: 3/4 SR: 6.1113 DR: 8.448 PID: 2.56   Satellite feed service is provided by CDC and free for media use. For satellite feed questions, please contact EDMI at 678-421-6604.   LIVE WEBCAST Windows Media Connection: http://wm.onlinevideoservice.com/CDC1  Flash Connection: http://www.onlinevideoservice.com/clients/CDC/?mount=CDC3  For technical support on the webcast, please call 404-639-3737.   DIAL IN: Media: 888-795-0855 Non-Media: 800-593-7122 INTERNATIONAL: 415-228-4952 PASSCODE: CDC Media   Important Instructions Please dial in 10 to 15 minutes before the start of the press conference. If you would like to ask a question during the call, press *1 on your touchtone phone. Press *2 to withdraw your question. You may queue up at any time. You will hear a tone to indicate your question is pending.   TRANSCRIPT: A transcript of this media availability will be available following the briefing at CDC’s web site: www.cdc.gov/media.   ###  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services    CDC works 24/7 saving lives, protecting people from health threats, and saving money to have a more secure nation.  Whether these threats are chronic or acute, manmade or natural, human error or deliberate attack, global or domestic, CDC is the U.S. health protection agency.  The CDC has reached 1 million email subscribers. Thank you for your support. Modify/Update Subscriber Preferences or Unsubscribe | Learn about CDC Updates Questions or problems? Please contact support@govdelivery.com. This email was sent to filter@clubhouseb.com using GovDelivery,on behalf of: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • 1600 Clifton Rd • Atlanta, GA 30333 • 1-800-CDC-INFO (800-232-4636)