CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report – 4.9 million U.S. youth use tobacco products
What can be done to end this growing epidemic?
Embargoed Until: Monday, February 11, 2019, 9:00 a.m. ET
Contact: Media Relations
(404) 639-3286
What
About 4.9 million middle school and high school students in the U.S. use tobacco products, including e-cigarettes.
Who
Anne Schuchat, MD, Principal Deputy Director, CDC
Mitch Zeller, JD, Director, Center for Tobacco Products, FDA
Laura Oliven, MPP, Tobacco Control Manager, Minnesota Department of Health
Brian King, MPH, PhD, Deputy Director for Research Translation, CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health
When
Monday, February 11, at 12:00 p.m. ET
Dial-In
Media: 888-795-0855
Non-Media: 800-369-1605
INTERNATIONAL: 1-630-395-0331
PASSCODE: CDC Media
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TRANSCRIPT
A transcript will be available following the briefing at CDC’s web site: www.cdc.gov/media.
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