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Smoking rises for the first time in 14 years
CDC Survey Finds Adult Smoking Declines Have Stalled, Shows Elected Officials Must Step Up Fight Against Tobacco
Garden of Healing®
WASHINGTON, DC
Cigarette smoking rose for the first time in 14 years in 2008, federal health officials said.
The government's report stated that adult smoking declines have stalled since 2004, and that this is an urgent warning to elected officials that it is premature to declare victory over tobacco.
Tobacco continues to be the number one preventable cause of death in the United States.
Just more than 20% of adults said they smoke. That's up from 2007, when 19.8% said they were smokers.
"Clearly, we've hit a wall in reducing adult smoking, " said Vance Willmore, spokesman for the advocacy group Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.
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Smoking rises for the first time in 14 years
CDC Survey Finds Adult Smoking Declines Have Stalled, Shows Elected Officials Must Step Up Fight Against Tobacco
Garden of Healing®
WASHINGTON, DC
Cigarette smoking rose for the first time in 14 years in 2008, federal health officials said.
The government's report stated that adult smoking declines have stalled since 2004, and that this is an urgent warning to elected officials that it is premature to declare victory over tobacco.
Tobacco continues to be the number one preventable cause of death in the United States.
Just more than 20% of adults said they smoke. That's up from 2007, when 19.8% said they were smokers.
"Clearly, we've hit a wall in reducing adult smoking, " said Vance Willmore, spokesman for the advocacy group Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.
PRESS RELEASE:
http://www.tobaccofreekids.org/Script/DisplayPressRelease.php3?Display=1180
© 1996 - 2009 The Garden of Healing® Company. The Star Raconteur™. All Rights Reserved.
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