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CDC's Office on Smoking and Health offers information related to smoking and tobacco use.

If you’re a healthcare worker, you can be exposed to vaccine-preventable diseases. Learn which vaccines you need to reduce your chance of getting sick. Vaccines can protect you, your coworkers and family.

Take steps to be safe when walking on roadways. This includes exercising caution at intersections and crosswalks and increasing your visibility at night by wearing retro-reflective clothing and carrying flashlights.

Learn the risks and consequences of food poisoning in the fun new web series, Recipes for Disaster – a fictional cooking show where the host, Maria, unintentionally makes common food safety mistakes when preparing her dishes.

If you are going to be spending a long time in a foreign country—to go to school or to work, for example—have a plan to protect your health while you’re away from home.

Take steps to live a healthy life and support your grandchildren’s health.

January is National Birth Defects Prevention Month. Birth defects are common, affecting 1 in every 33 babies born in the United States. Help increase awareness in your community.

Being informed, getting support, and taking care of yourself can help you and those you care for stay safe and healthy.

This February celebrate African American History Month and Heart Health Month. Learn about how heart disease impacts African Americans, the Million Hearts initiative, and how to improve your heart health.

March is deep vein thrombosis (DVT) awareness month. About 300,000 to 600,000 people are newly affected by DVT each year in the United States. Read about one woman's experience with DVT.