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Office on Smoking and Health The Office on Smoking and Health (OSH) is a division of the federal Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. It's under the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Congress established the office in 1978. It's the focal point for all federal government tobacco control and health promotion programs and public information activities. The OSH serves as a scientific and technical coordinating center for information on tobacco and the health hazards of tobacco use. It provides public access to literature on tobacco use and tobacco control efforts. The OSH also coordinates communications and public information initiatives for each release of the Surgeon General's Report on Smoking and Health. The public information branch of OSH conducts a wide range of communications and media activities — including public service announcements — to inform the public about the health hazards of smoking and other tobacco use. The main goal is to discourage tobacco use and to keep the hazards of smoking in the forefront of public consciousness. The Office on Smoking and Health has no regulatory or legislative authority over tobacco products or the tobacco industry. See also: Clean Indoor Air Laws Environmental Tobacco Smoke Tobacco, Federal Regulation of Tobacco, Federal Support for Nicotine Substitutes / Nicotine Replacement Therapy |
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