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Environmental health science — it sounds complicated, but it’s just studying how our health is changed by things in the environment. And environment is everything that you touch, eat, and breathe, every day.

If you quit smoking now, you get on a path to a healthier you. Find out how quitting benefits your health at BeTobaccoFree.gov.

Learn how tobacco affects your health, including nicotine addiction, secondhand smoke, smoking, and smokeless tobacco, at BeTobaccoFree.gov.

If you have epilepsy, you are also more likely to have other health issues. Reduce your risk of other health problems by getting recommended screenings and services, eating a healthy diet, exercising safely, and managing your epilepsy well.

News information on this page and linked to this page is related to the US Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Justice efforts on preventing health care fraud and abuse.

CDC supports adolescent and school health efforts using three state-of-the-art monitoring systems designed to collect, analyze, and disseminate data on youth risk behaviors and school health policies and practices.

Children’s rapid development during the fetal period through early childhood makes them more vulnerable to environmental exposure. Contact the nearest Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit to learn how to protect your child from exposure to health hazards in the environment.

Heat can affect your heart and lung health. Stay cool and stay hydrated to protect yourself. Visit the Environmental Public Health Tracking Network to see 70 years of new projected heat data.

CDC, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), state and local health departments, and other clinical and public health partners are investigating a national outbreak of e-cigarette, or vaping, product use-associated lung injury (EVALI).

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