Publications for Cancer Patients

Preventing Cancer

Action Guide for Healthy Eating

Clearing the Air: A Guide to Quitting Smoking

I Mind Very Much if You Smoke

Here is NCI's overall nutrition and cancer prevention message to the general public; it is designed to get readers to act by asking them to check off steps they are willing to take to lower fat and increase intake of fiber, fruits, and vegetables. The information in the brochure is accessible, practical, and motivating.

This information will help the smoker who wants to quit; it offers a variety of approaches to cessation.

This section explains that secondhand smoke can be a health hazard. It informs the public that secondhand smoke has been classified as a carcinogen by the Environmental Protection Agency.

I Mind Very Much if You Smoke

Time to Take Five: Eat 5 Fruits and Vegetables A Day

Why Do You Smoke?

This text discusses the health risks of smoking, who smokes, and why smokers should quit. It also provides quitting tips.

Here is information on the importance of eating five or more fruits and vegetables a day. It is written in an easy-to-read, upbeat fashion geared toward the general public. Important behaviors to help meet the 5 A Day goal are discussed. These include snacking, using the microwave, and keeping fruits and vegetables visible and plentiful.

Here is a self-test to determine why people smoke and suggests alternatives and substitutes that can help them stop.

Preventing Cancer-Spanish

Datos y Consejos Para Dejar de Fumar (P)

Su Familia Se Merece Los Mejores Alimentos! (Your Family Deserves The Best Foods!)

Here are tips on how to quit smoking and information on the health risks of smoking.

Here is a Spanish photonovella. It describes how one family reduced the fat in their diet without giving up traditional Hispanic foods. A list of tips is provided with specific ideas for easy changes and substitutions that can be made to reduce fat intake.

Preventing Cancer

Action Guide for Healthy Eating	Clearing the Air: A Guide to Quitting Smoking	I Mind Very Much if You Smoke
Here is NCI's overall nutrition and cancer prevention message to the general public; it is designed to get readers to act by asking them to check off steps they are willing to take to lower fat and increase intake of fiber, fruits, and vegetables. The information in the brochure is accessible, practical, and motivating.	This information will help the smoker who wants to quit; it offers a variety of approaches to cessation.	This section explains that secondhand smoke can be a health hazard. It informs the public that secondhand smoke has been classified as a carcinogen by the Environmental Protection Agency.

I Mind Very Much if You Smoke	Time to Take Five: Eat 5 Fruits and Vegetables A Day	Why Do You Smoke?
This text discusses the health risks of smoking, who smokes, and why smokers should quit. It also provides quitting tips.	Here is information on the importance of eating five or more fruits and vegetables a day. It is written in an easy-to-read, upbeat fashion geared toward the general public. Important behaviors to help meet the 5 A Day goal are discussed. These include snacking, using the microwave, and keeping fruits and vegetables visible and plentiful.	Here is a self-test to determine why people smoke and suggests alternatives and substitutes that can help them stop.
Preventing Cancer-Spanish

Datos y Consejos Para Dejar de Fumar (P)	Su Familia Se Merece Los Mejores Alimentos! (Your Family Deserves The Best Foods!)
Here are tips on how to quit smoking and information on the health risks of smoking.	Here is a Spanish photonovella. It describes how one family reduced the fat in their diet without giving up traditional Hispanic foods. A list of tips is provided with specific ideas for easy changes and substitutions that can be made to reduce fat intake.