Our thanks to HIFA-Spanish lead moderator Jackeline Alger who posted a message today on HIFA-Spanish. The CDC website has 'Real stories' of people whose lives have been affected by tobacco.
'The individuals below are participating in the Tips From Former Smokers® campaign. All of them are living with or caring for someone with smoking-related diseases and disabilities. These diseases and disabilities changed the quality of their lives — some dramatically — including how they eat, dress, and handle daily tasks they once loved doing. They speak from personal experience and have agreed to share their stories to send a single, powerful message: Quit smoking now. Or better yet — don’t ever start.'
https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/campaign/tips/stories/index.html
COMMENT (NPW): For me these 'real stories' are powerful. Even more powerful are the real stories we hear in our 'real lives', especially when relatives or friends are made sick or die from tobacco-related illness. To what extent do current users of tobacco learn from such stories? What is blocking their attention and their learning?
HIFA profile: Neil Pakenham-Walsh is coordinator of HIFA (Healthcare Information For All), a global health community that brings all stakeholders together around the shared goal of universal access to reliable healthcare information. HIFA has 20,000 members in 180 countries, interacting in four languages and representing all parts of the global evidence ecosystem. HIFA is administered by Global Healthcare Information Network, a UK-based nonprofit in official relations with the World Health Organization. Email: neil@hifa.org
